Egypt and the “Emperor with no clothes”
News that former president Hosni Mubarak has been released from jail demonstrated that the regime has removed its final fig leaf, the emperor revealed...
Egypt requires national reconciliation for peace
The largest populated country in the Arab world is deeply polarized like never before, writes Mohammed Kahiye.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have been...
The US approves the bloodshed in Egypt
Adnan Khan from the Revolution Observer writes that the US has approved of the violence committed by the Egyptian army against Muslim Brotherhood supporters, which has...
Who are Nigeria’s Boko Haram?
Nigeria's Islamist group, Boko Haram has in recent years been at the centre of media attention. It has claimed responsibility for numerous domestic "terrorist"...
5 Pillarz reporter robbed at gunpoint whilst on duty
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5 Pillarz' East Africa correspondent, Mohammed Kahiye, writes how he was robbed...
Amnesty: Egypt police must be reined in to prevent further bloodshed
Evidence that the Egyptian security forces have once again used unwarranted live fire and other excessive force underlines the crucial need for police reform,...
Kenyans infuriated over Britain’s banning of khat
Despite their majority Muslim population, Somalis and Arabs provide the largest market for khat in the world, writes Mohammed Kahiye from Nairobi.
My friend Hussein...
Memo to El-Baradei: “You can’t eat neoliberalism”
Shortly before riding into the vice-presidency of Egypt on the back of military tanks, Muhammad El-Baradei told Foreign Policy "You Can't Eat Shariah" in...
African Union troops aided illegal charcoal export to Somalia
A confidential 500 page report by United Nations monitors accuses Kenyan soldiers in the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia of facilitating illegal charcoal...
Egypt’s “liberal hypocrisy”
Since the ousting of Mohammed Morsi by the military Egypt has been infested with “liberal hypocrisy” from within and outside, writes Dr Reza Pankhurst...
