Joshua Moracha

The Buyaaya blackout followed a bitter election defeat in Uganda’s Mityana District, where a former lawmaker allegedly cut electricity and withdrew school bursaries from his community. The episode exposes the dangers of transactional politics, conditional generosity, and the fragile line between public service and political retaliation.

Uganda 2026 presidential election was conducted amid an internet blackout, biometric failures and widespread repression, raising serious questions about democratic legitimacy as President Museveni seeks a seventh term.

Uganda’s decision to shut down internet access days before the 2026 presidential election has raised fresh concerns about transparency, press freedom, and the credibility of the electoral process.

Mogadishu, Aug. 21 – Several mortar shells landed overnight on the Hiilweyne military base, a Somali National Army outpost positioned on the main road...

South Africa is undergoing its most profound political transformation since the end of apartheid in 1994. For the first time in three decades, the...

Story by Joshua Moracha(Zambia) and Mercie Wamoyi(Kenya) In the shadow of mineral wealth, a crisis unfolds. Zambia's Copperbelt—once the crown jewel of the nation's economy—harbours...

TRIPOLI, May 18, 2025 — Hundreds of protesters took to Tripoli's Martyrs' Square for the third consecutive day, demanding the resignation of Libya's Prime...

In Nairobi's upscale Lavington neighbourhood, Kenya's former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's big political comeback didn't go as planned. It turned ugly instead. On Thursday, May...

JOHANNESBURG — When the sun goes down over Soweto, people rush to cook dinner before their planned 6 p.m. power cut starts. They put...

Nairobi, Kenya – Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kipchumba Murkomen, has disclosed that preliminary investigations into the assassination of Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Ong’ondo...

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander of  AFRICOM - U.S. Africa Command, went to Côte d'Ivoire on April 24-25, a visit viewed with...

In a case that has gripped South Africa and highlighted the vulnerabilities of children in impoverished communities, Kelly Smith, the mother of missing six-year-old...