The Mbappe controversy demonstrates how market power in sport is being used to enforce conformity.


Senior Editor for Inclusive Storytelling at The New Humanitarian
The Mbappe controversy demonstrates how market power in sport is being used to enforce conformity.

While US and European players just get to play football, Global South footballers are questioned about politics.

There is concerted effort to rehabilitate the colonial past to usher in a new order.

Conditions in Kenya are ripe for the weaponisation of violence in the presidential vote. It is up to Kenyans to stop it.

From hero to compromised insider, his life told the story of a nation undone by the very system it created.
![Raila Odinga’s legacy continues to shape debates over ODM’s cooperation with President William Ruto and the future of Kenya’s opposition [Ben Curtis/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ap_68efb82bbcd2f-1760540715.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The youth leading the protests must not repeat the mistakes of previous generations. They must demand real change.

Albert Ojwang’s death in Kenya marks a regional crackdown aiming to crush youth-led protests before they re-emerge.

Foreign forces continue to push conservative agendas on Africans under the veneer of ‘defending’ African tradition.

A BBC documentary on security forces killing protesters ignited a firestorm in Kenya – but not for what it revealed.

The recent MoU between William Ruto’s and Raila Odinga’s parties is part of an honoured Kenyan tradition.
