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On the eve of World Maritime Day 2026, the International Maritime Organization has issued a timely and pointed call. Its official post and accompanying video message from Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez…
Nairobi’s selection to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships is more than a sporting triumph; it is a seismic shift in the global athletics landscape. For the first time, the…
The Kenya Ports Authority’s latest vessel schedule paints a vivid picture of activity along the Kenyan coast. Over the coming two weeks, a combined 51 vessels are due to call…
When Africa’s richest man declares that Western interests do not want the continent to industrialize, it is not populist rhetoric. It is a diagnosis forged in a $20 billion battle…
Dangote’s vessel push is a symptom of Nigeria’s deeper maritime failure Africa’s richest man could not find a single ship to move 1,000 tonnes of cement from Nigeria to neighbouring…
Kenya sits on one of Africa’s most under-exploited economic assets. With a 640-kilometre coastline, territorial waters of about 9,700 square kilometres and an Exclusive Economic Zone spanning roughly 230,000 square…
The drowning of Ken Barasa Okomol, a Malaba South MCA aspirant, and his sister Cynthia Barasa, a legal advocate, on 12 September 2026 is a personal catastrophe that exposes deep,…
When Professor Godius Kalyarara of the University of Dar-es-Salaam presented his growth diagnostic of maritime transportation in Eastern and Southern Africa to a UNCTAD Ad Hoc Expert Meeting in Mombasa…
Nic Robertson’s recent CNN report captures a pivotal escalation in the Red Sea: the Iran-backed Houthis’ rapid seizure of the port of Mocha and Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandab…
When Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh accused the United Arab Emirates of pursuing “port imperialism” across Africa, he gave voice to a grievance long simmering along the Red Sea and…