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Gitura Mwaura

Gitura Mwaura

The International Olympics Committee began preparations this year for the first ever Olympic Esports Games set for Saudi Arabia in 2027.

Why African countries could miss the new Olympic E-sports games

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Francis Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary.

Tracing Nkrumah's neocolonialism in this year’s Nobel prize for economics

Monday, October 28, 2024

The African Union (AU) turned 60 on May 25, 2023, counting from the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963.Courtesy

Africa’s veto dilemma: To take UNSC permanent seats or not?

Monday, October 14, 2024

President Paul Kagame and his host President Edgars Rinkēvičs unveil a genocide memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Latvia on October 2.Village Urugwiro.

How genocide memorial in Latvia library makes for novel idea

Monday, October 07, 2024

The new Global Media Index for Africa is tracking how 20 of the world’s most influential global media organisations cover the continent.

There’s improvement, but biased reportage on Africa continues

Monday, September 16, 2024

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EAC migrant workers should never have to retire without pension

Monday, September 09, 2024

Petro de Luanda crowned BAL 2024 champions in Kigali. NBA launched the Basketball African League in 2019. Olivier Mugwiza

How Rwandan venture aims to make sports pay for Africa’s development

Monday, September 02, 2024

Protesters hold a Kenyan flag outside the Kenyan Parliament after storming the building during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)

Social media: Unsung youth leadership that could yet save a continent

Monday, July 01, 2024

A medic conducts Covid-19 vaccination exercise in Kigali in on August 3, 2021. Photo by Craish Bahizi

What is Africa’s role in the nearly failed global pandemic treaty

Monday, June 24, 2024

Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos, made a total of 94 passes and completed 91 of them in the final, a 97 per cent completion rate.

How to talk a good soccer game with data

Sunday, June 09, 2024

The African Union has deployed 27 peace support operations since adopting the Protocol Establishing the AU Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC) 20 years ago. Internet

Standby force was to be Africa’s shield and defender. What happened?

Monday, June 03, 2024

Members of the group that is translating that toolkit on sexual and reproductive health to address teen pregnancies, from English into Kinyarwanda. File

Toolkit could give more edge to arsenal against teen pregnancies

Monday, May 06, 2024

The global population during Malthus’s time in the 1800s was around one billion people. Today it is 8 billion and doing relatively fine. Internet

Despite humanity’s challenges, population growth holds important answers

Saturday, May 04, 2024

RwandAir's plane taking off at Kigali International Airport. File

Heed the EALA motion, remove restrictions on airspace

Monday, April 01, 2024

A scientist sorting some medical marijuna leaves in a plantation farm.

Legalising medicinal cannabis in Africa good and reminiscent of history

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Israel Mbonyi’s runaway Kiswahili gospel tune “Nina Siri (I have a secret)” had garnered a whopping 39 million views on YouTube. PHOTO BY DAN GATSINZI

Mbonyi’s rousing dance: A secular cultural Christian’s take

Monday, March 18, 2024

An agric worker sorting potato seedlings at Musanze-based greenhouse. Rwanda, on February 21, promulgated a law governing biosafety. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA

On EAC’s GMO disharmony and little-known GM mosquito research

Monday, March 04, 2024

Employees were captured working at Rwanda Nuts, located in Gasabo District, Kigali. The factory processes the macadamia seeds for export. On February 7th 2024. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Africa is not perfect, but much about it is debatable

Monday, February 26, 2024