Unions worry this ‘rushed’ UK trade deal could undermine labour standards in east Africa
The UK government is pushing through trade deals before the Brexit transition period ends. But at what cost?
Kenya
Seven things the government did in 2016 to devastate the lives of migrants and refugees
Anti-migrant politics have defined the year
Kenya votes to leave the International Criminal Court, but what does this mean for the ICC?
Calum Young is studying for a masters in European Law at the University of Leiden, having previously studied both Law and German. Due to the developing crisis in Syria over the use of chemical weapons, it has been suggested intest
We must stop this illogical, economically damaging and ultimately racist law
The government is proposing a pilot scheme starting in November to ask visitors from India, Nigeria, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh to pay a cash bond of £3,000 for a visitor visa that allows them to stay in the UK for up to six months.
Why did Kenyans elect a human rights abuser?
The Kenyan general election has been narrowly won by Uhuru Kenyatta, a man facing trial at the International Criminal Court for his alleged part in the killing of over a thousand people following the general election in 2007. The question must therefore be asked: why would a nation someone who stands accused of such crimes against humanity?
David Cairns: 1966-2011
David Cairns, Labour MP for Inverclyde, has passed away. He was only 44. He was a former VSO Parliamentarian volunteer in Kenya (2010); here is an eye-opening, heartbreaking, first-hand account of his time in Kenya.
Why Britain owes Kenya an apology
Keiran Roberts reports on the tragic and terrible history behind the Mau Mau rebellion and why the British government is wrong for not apologising.
Kenya’s fight against childhood mortality
Jim Dobbin MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Global Action Against Childhood Pneumonia, writes about his visit to Kenya to attend the global roll-out of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
Revealed: The shocking conditions of Kenyan & Indian tea plantation workers
Research published by War on Want today reveals that tea workers in northern India earn just £15.45 (1,220 rupees) a month, compared to a living wage of at least 3,500 rupees (£44.34) a month.