Written by Alice Njoki Ghana’s government has taken a significant step by making the use of local languages compulsory as the main medium of instruction in early basic education. Announced on October 24, 2025, by Ghana’s Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, this policy requires teachers to instruct children from Kindergarten to Primary Three, […]
Written by Chemutai Naomi On the night of Saturday 1 November 2025, tragedy struck the hilly area of Chesongoch in Rift valley region, Marakwet east – Elgeyo Marakwet county as the mudslides swept away many villages destroying homes,schools, infrastructure, destroying farms, Livestock […]
Written by Kayla Makena Have you heard of the Museum of Illusions in Nairobi, Kenya? Now let me tell you about it. It’s not just a cool place to visit, it’s kind of a big deal. Imagine a museum where touching, laughing, and getting totally confused is mandatory. You get to touch, pose, […]
Written by Alice Njoki After listening to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s powerful speech “The Danger of a Single Side Story,” I found myself reflecting deeply on how often we see people and places through one lens. Her words opened my eyes on how one-sided stories shape our thoughts and influence how we view others, […]
On the 18th of March 2024, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, launched AMBER Alerts in Kenya as the fourth country in Africa, aiming to enhance child safety and combat child abductions. The initiative called the Kenya Emergency Child Alert (KECA) was carried out in partnership with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) […]
NIGERIA’S CHILDREN ABDUCTIONS BY BRIAN KING Stories of Boko haram al-Qaeda and al-Shabab abducting kids are not new they were the dark scary parts of our childhoods, from news reports to Hollywood action movies we followed actors and security personnel in their narrations all trying to paint a picture of the horrific and traumatic […]
Femicide has been a trendy topic in our country for the past few months with every attention deprived Jane Doe sharing their very acidic opinions, some being popular and some not so much. Femicide has varied definitions depending on where you look, but all of them basically translate to The intentional killing of women because […]
October 11th of every year is the International day of the child. The world comes together to commemorate the steps made in empowering and securing the girl child. May 16th of each year has been observed as International Day of the Boy Child. This is a day dedicated to the whole world to focus on […]