UK visa squeeze shutters Kenyan father's dream

Shock. Disbelief. Anger and a plea for review. The emotions came spilling out on X last week from a Kenyan father denied a UK visa to attend his son's graduation on July 27, 2026.

By Ken Bosire 3 months ago

Why Africa is losing faith in UN peacekeeping model

Armed groups operate across porous borders, exploit ungoverned spaces, fund themselves through criminal networks, and ignore the political agreements peacekeepers are sent to uphold.

By Ken Bosire 3 months ago

Why France's East Africa pivot faces a rough landing

Faced with shrinking influence in West and Central Africa, France is eyeing Kenya, East Africa’s largest economy and one of Africa’s most influential diplomatic hubs.

By Ken Bosire 4 months ago

The paradox of success in Africa Forward Summit

Co-hosted by President William Ruto and President Emmanuel Macron, the inaugural summit marked a deliberate pivot in France-Africa relations.

By Ken Bosire 5 months ago

UK visa squeeze shutters Kenyan father's dream

Shock. Disbelief. Anger and a plea for review. The emotions came spilling out on X last week from a Kenyan father denied a UK visa to attend his son's graduation on July 27, 2026.

By Ken Bosire 3 months ago

Why Africa is losing faith in UN peacekeeping model

Armed groups operate across porous borders, exploit ungoverned spaces, fund themselves through criminal networks, and ignore the political agreements peacekeepers are sent to uphold.

By Ken Bosire 3 months ago

Why France's East Africa pivot faces a rough landing

Faced with shrinking influence in West and Central Africa, France is eyeing Kenya, East Africa’s largest economy and one of Africa’s most influential diplomatic hubs.

By Ken Bosire 4 months ago

The paradox of success in Africa Forward Summit

Co-hosted by President William Ruto and President Emmanuel Macron, the inaugural summit marked a deliberate pivot in France-Africa relations.

By Ken Bosire 5 months ago

UK visa squeeze shutters Kenyan father's dream

Shock. Disbelief. Anger and a plea for review. The emotions came spilling out on X last week from a Kenyan father denied a UK visa to attend his son's graduation on July 27, 2026.

By Ken Bosire 3 months ago

Why Africa is losing faith in UN peacekeeping model

Armed groups operate across porous borders, exploit ungoverned spaces, fund themselves through criminal networks, and ignore the political agreements peacekeepers are sent to uphold.

By Ken Bosire 3 months ago

Why France's East Africa pivot faces a rough landing

Faced with shrinking influence in West and Central Africa, France is eyeing Kenya, East Africa’s largest economy and one of Africa’s most influential diplomatic hubs.

By Ken Bosire 4 months ago

The paradox of success in Africa Forward Summit

Co-hosted by President William Ruto and President Emmanuel Macron, the inaugural summit marked a deliberate pivot in France-Africa relations.

By Ken Bosire 5 months ago

The paradox of success in Africa Forward Summit

Co-hosted by President William Ruto and President Emmanuel Macron, the inaugural summit marked a deliberate pivot in France-Africa relations.

By Ken Bosire 5 months ago

Africa will live its dream using BRICS and catalyse new order

For countries trying to flee the haunting shadows of a Western world-imposed unipolar hegemony, 2024 marked a new dawn for BRICS as a growing global entity.

By Ken Bosire 1 year ago

Maiden SGR trip that was my Damascus moment on train travel

The first-class coaches offered a complete view of nature's beauty, bringing to life the stories we had only read, edited, and published from our reporters' submissions.

By Ken Bosire 2 years ago

Inspiring lessons from China as Kenya faces moment of rebirth

The Youthquake sparked by Gen Z with cries for revolution framed as #RejectFinanceBill2024 is an attempt by a generation to take its turn at shaking the foundations of the settler mentality

By Ken Bosire 2 years ago