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Kenya has been hit by a recent wave of repression, tarnishing its reputation as a beacon of democracy in East Africa. Critics fear that it is sliding down the path of her neighbours – Uganda and Tanzania, both of which are notorious for cracking down on dissent. Kenya’s laws are widely regarded as being more […]
• What is your role at Desert FM and what do you enjoy most about it? I present an Oshiwambo show that airs Monday to Friday between 10h00 and 12h00. I love the high level interaction with my listeners. • How would you describe your on-air style to someone who’s never heard of you before? […]
• What is your role at Desert FM and what do you enjoy most about it? My role is to inform, engage and challenge our audience by bringing clarity and context to the most pressing stories shaping our nation. The show is about diving deeper into the why and how behind current events, policies and […]
Twenty-nine children who were taking their school exams in the Central African Republic have been killed in a crush after a nearby explosion caused panic, a hospital director told the BBC. The blast, on the second day of the high-school finals on Wednesday, occurred at an electricity transformer, said Abel Assaye from the Bangui community […]
At least eight people have been killed and 400 injured as thousands took to the streets in a day of protests across Kenya against President William Ruto’s government. Police clashed with protesters in the capital Nairobi and other cities exactly a year on from the wave of deadly anti-government demonstrations that hit the nation in […]
Once hailed as part of a new generation of reformist African leaders, Eritrea’s president, who recently marked 32 years in power, has long defied expectations. Isaias Afwerki now spends much of his time at his rural residence on a dusty hillside some 20km (12 miles) from the capital, Asmara. With the cabinet not having met […]
Arranging a funeral can be testing at the best of times – let alone for a former head of state. Amid that intense, initial stage of grief, loved ones must juggle cost, the wishes of the deceased and numerous other factors in order to throw a fitting send-off. Add the clashing desires of a national […]
The World Bank says it is lifting a ban on loans to Uganda that it had put in place two years ago when the country passed a draconian new law against LGBTQ people. In 2023, Uganda voted in some of the world’s harshest anti-homosexual legislation meaning that anybody engaging in certain same-sex acts can be […]
Kenyans have expressed outrage over the detention of a software developer who created a tool to help people oppose the government’s annual finance bill because of fears that it will raise the cost of living. Rose Njeri was detained on Friday after police raided her home in the capital, Nairobi, and seized electronic devises, activists […]
The nurses’ homes near Windhoek Central Hospital are not well. Once a thriving and diverse community of health professionals that included medical in terns, doctors, pharmacists, radiologists, and contract specialists, the four buildings are tall, dilapidated, and almost vacant shadows of their former selves. As the state-owned flats fall deeper into disrepair, some tenants are […]