US President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 6, 2025. [AFP] Is a genocide unfolding in South Africa? According to US President Donald Trump, white South Africans are fleeing what he terms a genocidal threat. This assertion formed the basis of a controversial policy shift that has enabled expedited refugee resettlement to the US for white South African farmers. Genocide, under international law and the Genocide Convention of 1948, refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. The ongoing crisis in Sudan’s West Darfur…
Author: By DJ Bwakali
Chief Justice Martha Koome and Tharaka Nithi Woman Rep Susan Ngugi at the PCEA 24th General Assembly in Meru. Koome Ngugi called for dialogue among stakeholders before elections, with the CJ expressing regret that the political class only seek dialogue and power sharing agreements after post-election violence, instead of preventing it through dialogue and peace building. [Phares Mutembei, Standard] Let us begin with an uncomfortable truth. Most African nation-states, Kenya included, are not truly sovereign. In fact, they were never designed to be. They are artefacts of a colonial experiment that had no intention of building strong, self-governing nations. Instead, these states…