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Across Western Kenya, foreign mining corporations and commercial interests are expanding deep into ancestral lands in search of gold. Local communities find themselves caught between corporate promises of economic transformation and the…
In all our comforts, we either watch news on television or scroll our phones; journalists update us on events where we are not able to reach especially in conflict zones or riotous situations. But in this pursuit of news, journalists face…
By Keletso Thobega Jwaneng, Botswana The hot Kalahari sun batters the tarmac as pedestrians swipe beads of sweat from their faces. Tshenolo Kebadiretse 42, tends to a customer buying airtime at her street stall in Jwaneng, counting a few…
By Teresia Gitau LOITOKTOK, Kenya — Every morning feels surreal to Naila Nashipae, 42. She walks two kilometers from her house to the Noolturesh River to check if water still flows downstream to her Maasai pastoralist community. It has…
By Teresia Gitau When Halima Abdi leaves Mandera for Somalia’s Beled Hawo each morning to restock her kiosk, she doesn’t see foreign soldiers or security threats. She sees her cousin’s wholesale shop, a place that feels almost like home.…
By Paul Odil Tens of thousands of mourners packed the Mamboleo Stadium in Kisumu on 18 October 2025 to view the body of veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga. As they hurried through the crowds weeping, they mourned the loss of a key…
By Joel Massibo Bungoma County, Kenya Sharon sits on the edge of a wooden bed in Bukembe, gently rocking her infant to sleep. She is 16. Her baby is seven months old. She became pregnant in Grade Six. Her mother, the family’s sole…
Deep inside the Mukogodo Forest in Laikipia County the indigenous Yaaku community faces an existential crisis. Having lived as traditional forest dwellers and hunter-gatherers for generations, they now find their identity, land, and…
On this episode of Voices in Darkness, we uncover the gripping story of a man who was officially declared dead, tagged with a body number, and woke up inside a mortuary. Known as the “Dead Man Walking,” ‘John’ (not his real name) takes us…
My Father’s Land tells the story of families in Kihoto, Naivasha, whose homes, farms and livelihoods are being swallowed by the rising waters of Lake Naivasha. For Joyce Ndegwa, the land was inherited from her father, who was among the…
She’s a stripper by night, a hustler by trade, and a gangster when she has to be. In the shadows of Kenya’s nightlife, one woman lives three lives. Known on the streets as a “Mchele Babe,” she operates in a world where trust is a luxury no…
The LAPSSET Project at Lamu Port in the Kenyan coast promised progress. In 2018, the fishermen of Lamu won one of Kenya’s most significant environmental court cases: the High Court ruled that construction of the mega-port had violated…
In Côte d’Ivoire, the Singrobo-Ahouaty hydropower dam was meant to showcase President Alassane Ouattara’s vision of green growth and inclusive development. One year after the GreenFakes investigation exposed the project’s environmental…
One team has dominated the Kenyan Premier League 21 times, with 4 others dominating the top 5 in almost every season. Could match fixing in the KPL be behind this dominance? An insider blows the whistle on international match-manipulation…
Kenyan football is facing its biggest threat, with perennial allegations of match fixing eroding the quality and integrity of the beloved sport. So what happens when the final score is decided before kickoff? As Kenya prepares to co-host…
They picked him from the streets with no warrant, no charge, and no court arraignment. Just a locked room & silence. Mulinge Muteti, a Kenyan human rights defender, went to commemorate the June 25th protest killings. What happened next, he…
By Mkhululi Chimoio An institution born out of a need for a unifying force against historical conflicts, poverty, poor governance, and economic isolation in a continent where borders were drawn in faraway conference rooms, the African…
Rose is a 21-year-old woman who was struck by a stray bullet while heading home during the June 25th, 2025, protests in Kenya. She wasn’t demonstrating; she simply found herself caught in the crossfire. Shot twice in the leg, Rose was…
Key findings. The abduction of journalist Arlindo Chissale is part of a broader pattern of enforced disappearances and political killings in Mozambique, with over 300 dead and 3,000 victims of violence from October 2024 to January 2025;…
This investigative documentary by Africa Uncensored uncovers the disturbing reality inside Ebenezer Children’s Home in Kajiado, Kenya. Through exclusive whistleblower testimonies and secret audio recordings, we expose allegations of…
In Episode 3 of #VoicesInDarkness, we sit down with “Peter” to hear the chilling true story of a criminal encounter and a police standoff that should have been his end. Voices In Darkness is an Africa Uncensored docuseries produced by…
By Moige William and Ronald Ssekandi East Africa’s high unemployment level is pushing young people to the extreme where well organised individuals through fraudulent job advertisements and a promise for a better life are luring them to…
May 31, 2026 (Ethiopia Insider) – The 7th general national elections in Ethiopia are scheduled for Monday, June 1, 2026. Official documents from the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) indicate that the election is expected to take…
In this chilling second episode of “Voices In Darkness,” we hear a firsthand true crime confession from “Cynthia” (not her real name), who opens up about her life within a violent criminal underworld. From the streets of Nairobi to the…
