ViewPoints Africa Editorial Team
A massive deployment of anti-riot police and military-grade barricades across Nairobi signals a profound crisis of legitimacy for Kenya's political establishment. As authorities preemptively paralyze the capital to block the second anniversary of the historic
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ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana has become the focal point of a renewed global conversation on historical justice as it hosts a landmark international conference on reparatory justice, bringing together delegates from more than 80 countries
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June 12th, celebrated as Democracy Day in Nigeria, holds profound significance, commemorating the annulled 1993 presidential election widely regarded as the freest and fairest in the nation's history. This day, now a national holiday, serves
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has rescheduled voluntary evacuation flights for citizens fleeing South Africa. This urgent move follows renewed xenophobic attacks and anti-immigrant unrest on South Africa's southern coast. Consequently, the situation highlights persistent
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When a government places a price on an enemy's head, it is rarely a sign of strength. It is, more often, evidence that conventional military strategies have failed and that the state has run out
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The passage of the revised Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill by the Parliament of Ghana has pushed the country into a complex geopolitical and economic dilemma. The sweeping legislation, which introduces prison terms
ViewPoints Africa Editorial Team
Senegal finds itself at a critical political and economic juncture following former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko's announcement that his party, Pastef, will not participate in the newly formed government. This decision injects fresh uncertainty into
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The hosting of Kenya’s 63rd Madaraka Day celebrations at the newly upgraded Wajir Stadium this morning was a calculated operational departure from state tradition. For the first time since Kenya attained internal self-rule in 1963,
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The pre-dawn inferno that swept through Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, has plunged Kenya into a familiar state of national mourning and structural self-examination. In the early hours of Thursday, May 28, 2026,
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The annual observance of International Missing Children’s Day in Kenya today shifted from a standard global awareness campaign into a sobering moment of domestic reckoning. New data released by the Directorate of Children Services has
