OPINION / PUBLIC HEALTH EXPLAINER Kenya’s imported case demands more than tighter screening. People need a response they can understand, trust and reach before illness becomes a crisis. By The Daily Pulse Editorial · 8 October 2026 Section C at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, photographed on 28 December 2014. Illustrative archive photograph; this is not […]
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An Eritrean girl deserves a future she can help choose
School, dignity and a voice in her own life should be ordinary parts of growing up—not privileges a girl must keep proving she deserves. OPINION / EVIDENCE & PERSPECTIVE · THE DAILY PULSE EDITORIAL Children on their way to school in Eritrea, photographed on 19 October 2017. Illustrative archive photograph; no claim is made that […]
Zambia’s gold must not bury the people it could employ
The Kikonge gold rush exposed more than a mineral deposit. It exposed the distance between a possible livelihood and a safe, lawful future. OPINION / EVIDENCE & PERSPECTIVE · THE DAILY PULSE EDITORIAL A gold, malachite and quartz specimen catalogued from the Sesheke/Namibia–Zambia border locality. Illustrative mineral photograph, taken before March 2010; not a Kikonge […]
Johannesburg’s smallest businesses deserve more than a permit
A registration count is a beginning. The real test is whether a trader can open, earn and plan another day. OPINION / EVIDENCE & PERSPECTIVE · THE DAILY PULSE EDITORIAL A shoe seller on Rahima Moosa Street, Johannesburg, photographed on 13 September 2025. Illustrative archive photograph; the person pictured was not interviewed for this article. […]
A young African’s future should not be a betting market
The case for banning commercial gambling starts with the money households cannot afford to lose—and the futures a betting slip cannot build. OPINION / EVIDENCE & PERSPECTIVE · THE DAILY PULSE EDITORIAL A sports-betting kiosk in Douala, Cameroon, photographed in November 2017. Illustrative archive image; this is not a photograph of a person described in […]
Democracy must survive the morning after
The ballot matters. So does the life a citizen can safely live after challenging the people in power. OPINION · THE DAILY PULSE EDITORIAL African Union conference centre in Addis Ababa, 21 May 2015. Illustrative location photograph, not an image of the violence discussed. Photo: Andrew Moore / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized; […]
Zimbabwe: who owns the political clock?
When the rules change, citizens deserve more than an instruction to wait longer. They deserve a meaningful say. OPINION · THE DAILY PULSE EDITORIAL Zimbabwe’s new Parliament building, 12 August 2024. Illustrative location photograph, not an image of the violence discussed. Photo: Mangwanani / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0. Resized; homepage thumbnails may be cropped. […]
Tanzania: counting the dead is only the beginning
A national total cannot answer the questions belonging to each family. An inquiry has to do more than produce a number. OPINION · THE DAILY PULSE EDITORIAL Dar es Salaam skyline, 20 October 2007. Illustrative location photograph, not an image of the violence discussed. Photo: Ali Damji / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized; […]
Zambia: power must answer for the use of force
A security allegation must face evidence. A reported death must face independent scrutiny. Neither duty cancels the other. OPINION · THE DAILY PULSE EDITORIAL Zambia’s National Assembly building, 27 January 2016. Illustrative location photograph, not an image of the violence discussed. Photo: Lighton Phiri / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0. Resized; homepage thumbnails may […]
Mozambique: the election ended. The questions did not.
A result can be announced in a room. The demand for answers after a death does not end there. OPINION · THE DAILY PULSE EDITORIAL Maputo viewed from Alto Mae, 6 February 2026. Illustrative location photograph, not an image of the violence discussed. Photo: Wisneyykarin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized; homepage thumbnails […]
