An insider’s look at the French mission in Africa African leaders, specifically those prone to use the iron fist, can learn from Djigui, writes Stanley Gazemba
Uganda's golden jubilee without glitter Bamuturaki Musinguzi reviews ‘State of the Nation,’ a play that takes a critical look at Uganda’s progress since Independence
First-time author wins inaugural Burt Award for African Writing First-time author Anthony Mugo is the winner of the inaugural Ksh1 million ($11,900) Burt Award for African Writing.
Common fuel standard good for integration It is welcome news that East Africa has finally moved to harmonise fuel standards in the region, to avoid in part, imports with dangerously high levels of ethanol, an alcohol made from sugar...
East African nation that is about to import water The story goes that Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country. Wrong. Burundi has blue gold — in the form of Lake Tanganyika. The lake is huge, and viewed from outside the capital Bujumbura,...
Resist tribal and religious division, let’s live by Utu I read on some important rag or website recently that Dar es Salaam is the second-fastest growing city in Africa.
Breaching the invisible line that divides the two sides of Nairobi An aspiring actor leaves his home in the countryside to try and make it big in Nairobi. You might expect it to be the familiar, heart warming rags-to-riches tale. But Nairobi Half Life, directed...
La pauvre Burundi, the neglected child of the family If you read the Kenyan, Tanzanian, and Ugandan press frequently, you will encounter more stories on South Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia than on Burundi.
I fear ID cards will feed our creeping xenophobia It may sound extreme to call the ID project totalitarian in its politics, but that’s the trouble with certain “reasonable” requests to enforce administration.
Kampala live music’s first couple Watching Tony Williams Senkebejje pluck the lead guitar and his wife Rachael strum the rhythm guitar, it becomes clear why many regard them as the leading musical couple of live music in Uganda.
