Kenya Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo has praised WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for releasing the American diplomatic cables to the public. Mr Kilonzo said Mr Assange had done a “good job” so that “Kenyans realise that this is their...

BET, the acronym for the three northern regions of Chad - Borkou, Ennedi and Tibesti - comes up regularly in meetings of international aid agencies frustrated by the lack of information and difficulty of access to the remote territory. Drought in 2009...

Kenya’s prime minister Raila Odinga has expressed concerns about the knock-on effect of European events on the economies of African nations. He told the BBC World Service how key industries had suffered during the recent closure of European...

The widespread controversy over gay rights in Africa continues as protests in Mtwapa, Kenya, brought a halt to what was hoped to be the country’s first gay marriage.

Looking around East Africa, indeed Africa, you can see the diplomatic space has become quite black. A few weeks ago, Nairobi was turned upside down with the MTV Africa Awards because two international music stars, Wyclef Jean and Akon, were in the...

Symbols rarely come as obvious or appropriate as Nairobi’s Integrity Centre. A stone’s throw from State House Avenue, the headquarters of Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission (Kacc) is both a rusting hulk and a public joke. It was built...