Karura Forest is a 1,041 hectare urban sanctuary located in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. It serves as one of the city’s largest remaining green spaces and sits in the northern part of the city, providing recreation and environmental services to millions of residents. Notably, it is one of the largest urban gazetted forests in the world. In August 2025, entry fees previously managed by Friends of Karura, the community group that has restored the forest since 2009, were redirected exclusively ...| African Arguments
Having emerged as the leader of Côte d’Ivoire in April 2011, following bloody post-electoral violence that cost 3,000 lives, President Alassane Ouattara is preparing to seek a fourth mandate ahead of presidential elections in October 2025. His third term, which began in 2020, was already a source of controversy, judged as anti-constitutional by the opposition and marred by deadly intercommunal violence in multiple cities across the country. Five years later, and despite these unfortunate p...| African Arguments