Willy Mutunga highlights the limits on religious practices and observances within Kenya as failures of the 2010 Constitution as contextualized within the broader struggles taking place within the country. 

So much propagandistic hype has been given to Rwanda’s development model. Moussa Ibrahim exposes its imperialist and maldeveloped nature.

Willy Mutunga exposes the lies of existing Kenyan leadership pacts, and highlights the birth of an alternative political leadership.

A thought-provoking reflection on the African and geopolitical currents that shaped the recent AU Commission Chairperson elections

An examination of shifts in global imperial power dynamics over the last 50 years and the ongoing struggles for justice, peace, and self-determination in an increasingly multipolar world.

Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga poses questions addressing the power imbalances in Kenya’s recent trade agreements with the USA.

Dear Dr. Ndii,

I congratulate you on your appointment by President Ruto as the Chair of the Economic Advisory Council.

A moving and incisive reflection on the rapid and violent urban restructuring of Addis Ababa, critiquing the economic inequalities and human costs hidden beneath the city's elite-oriented transformation.

At the intersections of migration control, securitization, and neo-imperialism, this piece unpacks how Niger has become a testing ground for Europe's externalized border policies.

For the Nigerian Left, the strongest lesson of what may now be called Nigeria’s #RevolutionNow—that is, the 5 August mass protests organised by some young fragments of the movement—may be formulated as a warning.

Reflecting on the recent general elections in South Africa, the author argues that there needs to be concerted efforts to building a strong movement that would lead the country towards a process of social transformation after the inevitable collapse of the ruling party.

South Africans voted overwhelmingly on 8 May for the ruling African National Congress (ANC), returning the party to government with a nearly 3-1 majority above the nearest runner up within the legislative structure.

Recent higher levels of electoral choice might reflect deeper trends that could harm South Africa’s democracy in future.

The author argues that the Nigerian Left, if well organised, could represent a concrete revolutionary platform for restructuring politics in the country.

This brief analysis is meant to shed some light on Sudan’s popular revolution that is ongoing amidst military crackdown on protesters who seem determined to protect their revolution without counting the cost or heeding the wounds.  Some lessons will be drawn for the rest of Africa and for the international community.sunonot

Facing mounting security and economic challenges, will Abiy Ahmed democratise Ethiopia or take advantage of its vulnerabilities to become the next strongman?

As election fever grips South Africa, the Economic Freedom Fighters’ manifesto stands out for its radical policy agenda and departure from the country’s political norms. It is time for South Africans – and the world – to take notice.

If the government of Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio were to be graded on their first year’s performance in office, it is likely that their report card would read, “promising start, which they must surpass in the years ahead”.

The author argues that the conduct of Nigeria’s 2019 general elections demonstrated how the country had moved far away from even the lowest known standards of electoral democracy let alone being free and fair.

The author posits that to successfully fight and defeat the rise of authoritarian populist politics, a new system of direct democracy based around federated communes and workers’ co-operatives that produce to meet people’s needs have to be put in place. 

Mass demonstrations against imperialist hegemony have rocked the western hemisphere’s poorest nation of Haiti.