Editor's note

The decision by Kenya’s opposition to transform itself into a “resistance movement” signals a lack of confidence in the country’s core political institutions. The danger, argues Dominic Burbidge, is that this will undermine the opposition by splitting it in two.

South African musical icon Hugh Masekela’s fascinating life story is fairly well known. But, writes Gwen Ansell in her appreciation of the trumpeter’s decades-long career, Masekela’s re-visioning of his music, which has taken many forms, is also worth celebrating.

Julius Maina

Regional Editor East Africa

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An opposition supporter in Nairobi’s Mathare area. Siegfried Modola/Reuters

With broken institutions and a reeling opposition, what's next for Kenya?

Dominic Burbidge, University of Oxford

Key institutions steering Kenya’s election have evidently broken down, leaving the country open to an iron fist to reestablish political stability by any means necessary.

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