Patrick Gathara

It is time for the world to see through the American claims of exceptionalism.

The way foreign correspondents reported on the US elections shows just how much language matters.

After a messy election, a former colony has to come to terms with its past in order to build a truly democratic future.

Trump’s ‘normalisation’ deals are hurting not only Palestinians, but all who hope for a moral international order.

The sun is setting on the West’s time as the self-appointed democracy police of the world.

On the eve of a poll that many believe ‘could break America’, the US can learn a lot from Kenya’s election woes.

The Kenyan government is now mishandling the COVID-19 crisis in similar ways.

The brutal tactics used to contain the Mau Mau uprising in colonial Kenya are now guiding the global war on terror.

The second republic Kenyans tried to create with the 2010 constitution looks much like what it was supposed to replace.

For democrats in Africa, the next three months will be pivotal in deciding whether the US will be a foe or an ally.