Opinion
Africa's 'forgotten' diseases can be history
Although much of the world has never heard of diseases like lymphatic filariasis or schistosomiasis, these and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a daily reality for many living in Africa and across the world.
These diseases affect more than one billion people, disabling, disfiguring, and blinding their victims, and making it difficult for the world’s poorest communities to lift themselves out of poverty.
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The police must also protect journalists
Deteriorating situation in Uganda a worry
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Kikwete: We can win maternal mortality war
What is need is more resources--and will
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Whence an 'African Spring'?
Sub-Saharan poverty will inhibit an Arab-style uprising
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Our universities riddled with academic frauds
Lecturers simply dictate old notes they rarely update
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Kenya's devolution bid key for EA
How Nairobi navigates political mire is a vital lesson
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Back to school, to learn how to reed and rite
The trouble with the Tanzanian education system
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The hidden hand in Africa's ICC cases
Are human rights violations exclusive to the continent?
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New Year’s wish for leaders
May you never forget the fate of Mubarak et al
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Amisom needs robust international support
The mission requires more resources and equipment
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Tanzania in 2011: Trials, tribulations and hope
Mixed bag for the coming year
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Will Rwanda's Paul Kagame go for an extended term?
What you see with the Rwandan leader is what you get
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Africa must get smart about 'free trade'
Continent's economic interests the priority
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The shape of Africa's agricultural revolution
harnessing technology will be key
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Durban illuminates emerging new world order
The shifting tectonic plates of international relations
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Omar and his ilk in high places must mind their tongues
The Kenyan rights boss should tread with caution
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International NGOs preach water, take wine
Exposing hypocrisy at high places
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The role of a university in a developing African country
The primary duty is to advance knowledge for its value
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Can't the whole government simply go on strike?
If that that will help improve services in Kenya....
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Is Tanzania really pro-EAC? Seems not
Official antipathy to integration is quite apparent
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Dictatorships or incompetent democracies ?
The paradox of African democracy
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Kenya must build on a platform of reforms
Next year's election will test of how far Kenya has come
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Inviting Bashir to Kenya is an affront
International law requires compliance with Rome Statute
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Kenya is no longer prepared to appease Bashir
Diplomatic tiff between Nairobi and Khartoum simmers
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Africa’s doctor brain drain a home-made problem
The exodus is caused by dysfunctional societies
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In the Land of the Upright
Where they’ve failed to erase the memory of Capt Sankara
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ICC stance on Libya trials surprising
Gaddafi's son can't get a fair trial in Libya
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Egypt's corporate soldiery is desperate to retain its privileges
The army has become fat and bureaucratic
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On National Service and moulding our youth
Nobody can whip youth into useful citizens better
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Calling 'media activists' to spruce up govt PR
A good image is the product of good deeds
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Africa in the age of the Digital Revolution
Our governments should should view the information explosion as an opportunity not a threat
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African women need better access to contraception
Family planning is really about women's rights
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Cheap populism will not help Africa
Social change will not come grassroots mobilisation not sloganeering
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Never paid a bribe? Come on....
Our culture of complaint is a reflection of ourselves
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Museveni discovers 'bovine economics'
Ugandan leader struck by Rwanda's 'one-cow-per-family' policy
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Kenya needs legislation to confront climate change
The country has no clear position as a climate change conference is set to open in Durban
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Africa should embrace rather than recoil from GM crops
Biotechnology will help feed the world's galloping population
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Are we ready for a transition agenda like Zambia's?
President Michael Sata hit the ground running like no other
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Beggars can't be choosers? Think again
Tanzania's curse of dependency has reached alarming levels
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Rwanda's dramatic post-conflict transformation
A peace-building meeting ponders Rwanda's achievements
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Never smile at a donor, he’ll be in your bedroom next
Why Africa must tread carefully
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Going native by ditching English
A Ugandan municipality opts to do business in vernacular
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There’s nothing just about wars on terror
War, even against Al Shabaab, is an option Kenya should not have considered
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Al-Shabaab, Al-Qaeda and their American 'roots'
The US lit the fire of extremism in Afghanistan in its struggle with the Soviet Union
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Africa's losing battle against homosexual norms
Western cultural dominance dooms Africa into consenting to gay rights
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Attacking houses of worship against Islam
Tensions rise after grenade attack against a church in Muslims-dominated north eastern Kenya
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Kenya’s foray into Somalia to shape interventions in Africa
The intervention in Somalia must be viewed as a platform that will influence future military
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Living on handouts is as un-African as homosexuality
Let's reject dependency as we reject gay lifestyles
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With Cameron on their side, should gays start popping the bubbly?
Gay groups could learn something from the 1990s pro-multiparty activists
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Africans' unreciprocated love for Gaddafi
This infatuation was not shared by the Libyans
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Is common currency still viable for EAC?
The Community has a target of 2012 for monetary union
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10 lessons for despots after Gaddafi's demise
Fight like a lion and never negotiate
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New malaria vaccine could be a game changer
Scientists say it will reduces risk by 55 per cent
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Nyerere's legacy remains hostage to Iscariots
A realistic appreciation of the sainted Tanzanian needed
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African leaders need internal reforms to keep the West away
The confluence of external intervention and internal revolt marks the new paradigm of change in
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Dadaab camp has become a security risk to Kenya
The camp is almost certainly crawling with Al-Shabaab militia
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Kenya at war, but Kibaki goes mum
It falls on the president to explain the reasons for war
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Nobel choices show women are pillars of Africa
Recognition of two Liberian women was an important step in rebalancing for fortunes of African
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A walk through Nyerere's legacy
Tanzanian founding father's charisma brought him admirers
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Criminal networks hold Kenya hostage - report
Corruption in the police force and judiciary promotes these networks
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Does it matter now who killed Habyarimana?
The obsession serves as a distraction to the genocide of 1994
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'Obiang Prize' sullies both Unesco and UN
Laudable initiative but what name should it carry ?
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Where is AU, Church as Africans starve?
Its time African leaders acted without prompting
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Zambia consolidates the way to democracy
The first time Lusaka showed political maturity was in 1991 when it became one of the first
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In Wangari Maathai, an unrivalled legacy
Her tireless efforts will always be remembered
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Journalist Ashine’s fate exposes Ethiopia's tyranny
Reporting of case was however skewed
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Fighting Nepad's negative image
Nepad's track record in Africa shows success
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Kenya: Proposed law instead threatens wildlife
The public's input is glaringly missing in vital bill
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Africa's hunger pledges exemplary
But Maputo Declaration remains the goal
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Maputo Declaration key to beating hunger
Meeting targets can end suffering
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Somalia: What the NGOs see and we don't
The international community helped to create the current food crisis
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Four scenarios likely in Libya after Gaddafi
A civil-resistance campaign has been turned into an armed conflict
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Why whites transfer their shame to blacks
How do we handle group prejudices and group attractions?
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Hoping liberators don't turn into oppressors
Independence for many Africans has at times tasted as bad as colonial subjugation
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Can South Sudan learn from Botswana?
The new nation must guard against squandering its opportunities and resources
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Governance mistakes South Sudan must unlearn from Kenya to succeed
Reconstruction should not be subverted to plunder and corruption
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Opinon
Whence an 'African Spring'?
Sub-Saharan poverty will inhibit an Arab-style | Full Story
Our universities riddled with
Lecturers simply dictate old notes they rarely | Full Story
Popular Opinion
The police must also protect journalists
Deteriorating situation in Uganda a worry
Kikwete: We can win maternal mortality war
What is need is more resources--and will
Reader Contribution
A divided economic powerhouse
Continent's economic outlook bright but... | Full Story
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