Abdi Latif Dahir

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia When the Libyan crisis began in 2011, the African Union wanted to use a political strategy to facilitate a transition of power,…

It’s a quiz consisting of 16 questions, querying takers on how to spot fake news or identify unreliable partisan clickbait. Did a Kenyan man drive…

The pollution problem in many African cities goes beyond just the air quality. Over the years, governments across the continent have attempted to tackle the…

In Aug. 2016, Ethiopia’s Olympic marathon silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa crossed his hands above his head as he finished the race in Rio—calling the world’s…

Uganda is proposing a tax on social media use in a bid to curb gossip online and to raise billions of shillings in government revenue.…

The internet can be achingly slow and expensive in parts of Africa, undermining fledgling tech ecosystems and the ability of Africans to connect globally. Google…

The success story of local tech ecosystems across Africa has provided a positive narrative over the past decade. But much of this success has come…

For two days, Facebook’s chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg faced tough questions from US lawmakers in the wake of revelations that data firm Cambridge Analytica…

Seven months after it was added to a controversial and expanded travel ban, the Trump administration announced that citizens of Chad will be able to…

The internet has long been lauded as a marketplace for the free exchange of ideas, but not in Tanzania, where it will now cost you…

Safaricom is partnering with PayPal to boost its e-commerce capabilities in Kenya, solidifying its footing not just as a mobile phone business but as a…

Social media and messaging platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Viber have been blocked in Chad, a move advocacy groups have linked to the tense…