Opinion
Somalis do shopping in the markets and bazaars that open early in the morning on the streets of the capital Mogadishu, Somalia on August 20, 2025. [AFP] While Kenya was mired in the 2027 politics, the health of its…
When the world welcomed the youngest nation—South Sudan—in July 2011, the international community hailed it as a monumental achievement for peace and self-determination. But behind that victory lay years of complex negotiations, military interventions, and silent sacrifices.…
Former British soldier Robert James Purkiss. [Courtesy] Justice Alexander Muteti’s order on September 16, 2025 for…
Youth during Gen Z protest in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Concerned that it’s not enough to click,…
President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly…
This week, a powerful gathering took place—one that most Kenyans didn’t see trending on social media, yet its outcomes will shape the lives of millions organised by Reconcile, FAO and Funded European Union among many other organizations. The High-Level…
IEBC Chair Erustus Edung Ethekon (left) and IEBC CEO Marjan Marjan before the Public Accounts Committee, at Bunge Towers, Nairobi, on September 17, 2025. [Elvis…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
A hawker at work at Keumbu in Kisii county on June 15, 2015. [File, Standard] On the southern edge of Kiambu County, in the…
Sudanese poet and literary scholar Taban lo Liyong is one of the earliest and most virulent African critics of the consumerist world we live…
A painting by participants at the Freedom of the Press seminar in Germany in November 2024. [Betty Njeru, Standard] There is plenty I could…
President William Ruto, is joined AIPCA Presiding Archbishop and Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja during the Holy Oil Celebrations of the Church at, Makadara, Nairobi.…