Kudos for maintaining peace and calm through out the electioneering and election period against all odds and predictions. Now more than ever, as the world continues to watch, Kenya needs to uphold the virtues espoused in their national anthem: Peace. Love. Unity.
Here in Africa, death is often unexpected even when it is expected. Many of us unrelentingly cling to hope, even when the writing is on the wall. The continent may not be that surprised by the loss of Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, but the continent certainly is shocked and feels the loss. Africa feels
“Farming is the future. Famines should be consigned to history.” A group of smallholder farmers and ordinary African citizens marched to State House in Tanzania today, to deliver a petition signed by more than 16,000 African ONE members. This was the first time Tanzanian President Kikwete had received a continent wide petition, and the first
This piece is cross-posted from ONE’s Africa blog. Senegal has often been celebrated as an oasis of peace amidst its coup ridden neighbors in West Africa. However, with the recent violence that has rocked Dakar ahead of Sunday’s presidential elections, many have began wondering if Senegal could be on the brink of losing its reputation
This post from Wangui Muchiri originally appeared on our ONE Africa website. I am reminded of a story told by Professor Wangari Maathai of a hummingbird trying to save a burning forest with drops of water carried on its beak, as larger animal forests watched. Bewildered at the hummingbird’s clearly futile efforts, the other animals
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