Mercy Wambui

PETER KIMANI: In search of good news, Kenyans declare Arsenal's EPL victory as their very own standardmedia.co.ke/peter-kimani/a…

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries. apnews.com/article/pope-a…

#AfricaDay: This morning, this canvas is blank. Over the next few hours, Congolese artist Mayck Derinck will bring it to life with the words of leaders, thinkers, dreamers, and doers here in #Brazzaville at #AfDBAM2026, as well as from all of you. We're asking one simple question: What are your three #WordsForAfrica? Drop them in the comments below. We'll select a few for Derinck to paint onto the canvas.

Leaving Haiti 🇭🇹 after 2 years 🤎🖤❤️🥳 I have been struck by the STRENGTH of its people, the BEAUTY of its land, and the depth of its challenges. I leave with deep PRIDE in WFP staff, partners, government and donors. @WFP_UNHAS partners🤎 To the people of 🇭🇹 : hold on to the HOPE that keeps us all moving forward. 💪🏾 AYITI CHERI.‼️ @WFP_Haiti @ECHO_LatAm

Registration is open for the 2026 Africa Development Impact Forum #ADIF2026. From #Evidence to #Jobs: Scaling What Works for Africa. Join us to move from dialogue to action, policy to impact, and evidence to scalable job-creation solutions. Register: indico.un.org/event/1019394/…

Very pleased to partner with Zaria Group, led by Masai Ujiri, co-founder of @GiantsOfAfrica, to help build a multi-country platform for sports and entertainment districts across #Africa. Sport is not only culture — it is also business, infrastructure, jobs, tourism, and opportunity. With greater private sector investment and professionalization, Africa can capture far more value from its sports and entertainment industries. Proud to see the @WorldBankGroup supports this vision. #ACF26

Iska Press, a home for unruly African literature, is open for submissions. @Iskanchipress pays $50 per piece and closes May 30! Book manuscripts are accepted year-round. Send your most disobedient work 🖋️ brittlepaper.com/2026/05/call-f…

I am deeply proud and honoured to start my tenure as Director-General/Executive Director of the UN Office at Vienna/@UNODC. I look forward to leading the @UN’s work in addressing the challenges of drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism, for a safer and more just world.

Is the Global Financial system making the Hormuz shock worse? Read @ECA_OFFICIAL Deputy Executive Secretary @HananMorsy14 latest commentary : Project Syndicate article : tinyurl.com/47fnjyvt

Press release: New Director-General of @UN Office at #Vienna and Executive Director of UN Office on Drugs and Crime @UNODC takes office - more : unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/pressr…

@mowaaofficial @FordFoundation Excellent news! I miss the mid-2000s drum inspired Afro-chic t-shirts by Stoned Cherry, with old covers from the 1950s Drum magazine. That idea of print to textile documentation of fashion and the social lives of black South Africans fine, fine storytelling.

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the DRUM Magazine West African Archives to MOWAA, in partnership with the Bailey African History Archives (BAHA), and with the support of Ford Foundation (@fordfoundation).

On World Creativity & Innovation Day, I would like to highlight @UNDPUganda's Fashion Forward initiative. With @timbuktooafrica & @MakUnipod, @UNDP is turning creative talent into tangible growth opportunity through skills training, mentorship & market access. #timbuktoo

How can Africa accelerate growth in a changing global economy? This edition puts health at the center—digital health innovation, sustainable health financing, resilient systems, & data‑driven solutions powering inclusive transformation. 👉bit.ly/3OCfdtw #COM2026 #Africa

Fabulous writer. But to label him as Africa’s first world class writer is confusing to many of us who read countless writers from Africa - writers that make their mark, quietly, steadily, without being pigeonholed as first this or first that. I imagine Carey Baraka would query this labeling.. I think it’s important to appreciate African writers without putting them in boxes or pedestals. My views of course .. and as always, I stand corrected.

@elnathan_john What do you think of this young Kenyan author Carey Baraka? He knocks my socks off. Tbh, i think he’s africa’s first absolutely world class writer. As good as any writer alive today.

Read this interview and I completely disagree with Ben Okri. It just shows he doesn’t really read Nigerian literature. He should have just said he doesn’t know much of what is happening now. “Nigerian literature limits itself to Nigeria and then limits even the ways in which the country can be written about, some ways perceived as being more Nigerian than others.” After reading that I just said yeah, he has not been reading literature from Nigeria. Because gosh people are writing all sorts of things, from erotica to crime, from science fiction to experimental fiction. There is very little publishing yes. But are people writing and putting their work out there, work that does not match his analysis? Without a doubt. He just needs to go read it. It is all there.

Kenyan engineer Joseph Nguthiru turns water hyacinth into biodegradable plastic, reducing mosquito breeding grounds, cutting plastic waste, and creating green jobs for the community.

The Ugly Collective is open for submissions✨ Theme: The Beginnings Works ranging across poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction/essays, and Artworks theuglycollective.com/the-ugly-colle…

The future of HIV response in Africa will be decided at home. Join the African-led HIV Control Working Group webinar on: Protecting Core Services with Domestic Investments 🗓️ April 22 ⏰ 14:00 EAT #HIV #HealthFinancing #Africa #DomesticResources

PANEL DISCUSSION: CAPITAL, MOVEMENTS AND AFRICAN AGENCY The most underfunded investment thesis in global philanthropy is about to change. The old model has broken. Western aid is retreating. The multilateral order is shifting. And the question of who funds pan-African and feminist movements — and on what terms — has never been more urgent. Join us next Monday, 20th April for a panel conversation at SOAS, to explore what pan-African and feminist power can unlock when the movement is funded on its own terms. RSVP at the following link, and see more details below: tickettailor.com/events/feminis…

Victoria Falls is experiencing the largest volume of water in 70 years right now. On the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia (with 75% of the best views only visible from Zimbabwe), the falls are the largest curtain of falling water in the world. Kariba Dam will probably overspill this year & we might see the sluice gates opened for the first time in many many years, @mimmitwit @Mavhure @matigary @Zimparks