Charles Onyango-Obbo
@cobbo3.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, uncertain Afro-futurist, curator, podcaster with The Bad Natives.
Nairobi-KENYA/Tororo-UGANDA
Nairobi-KENYA/Tororo-UGANDA
Aerial photograph of the cityscape of Lagos, Nigeria.
📸Shutterstock/Abolaji Rasaq
📸Shutterstock/Abolaji Rasaq
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Aerial photograph of the cityscape of Lagos, Nigeria.
📸Shutterstock/Abolaji Rasaq
📸Shutterstock/Abolaji Rasaq
Last week President Kiir appointed Barnaba Bak Chol as finance minister, the EIGHTH change in FIVE years, more times than most men buy new suits. South Sudan easily has the world's shortest "life expectancy" for political/public office.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Last week President Kiir appointed Barnaba Bak Chol as finance minister, the EIGHTH change in FIVE years, more times than most men buy new suits. South Sudan easily has the world's shortest "life expectancy" for political/public office.
Harmonia Rosales, “Olokun” (2023) and “Eve and the Orishas” (2023).
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Harmonia Rosales, “Olokun” (2023) and “Eve and the Orishas” (2023).
Striking photo. The Nairobi-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway across Nairobi National Park in Kenya, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation.
📸 Li Yahui/Xinhua
📸 Li Yahui/Xinhua
October 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Striking photo. The Nairobi-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway across Nairobi National Park in Kenya, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation.
📸 Li Yahui/Xinhua
📸 Li Yahui/Xinhua
Sweden has unveiled a giant energy plant the size of 243 football fields.
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sweden has unveiled a giant energy plant the size of 243 football fields.
Toyota is targeting 2027 or 2028 as the rollout date for its new “solid-state EVs,” which would contain faster-charging and longer-range batteries. It claims this would be world’s first practical use of all-solid-state batteries in electric vehicles.
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Toyota is targeting 2027 or 2028 as the rollout date for its new “solid-state EVs,” which would contain faster-charging and longer-range batteries. It claims this would be world’s first practical use of all-solid-state batteries in electric vehicles.
Beautiful shot: Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Photo/Photosport
Photo/Photosport
October 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Beautiful shot: Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Photo/Photosport
Photo/Photosport
The African Union (AU) has suspended Madagascar after the ousting of President Andry Rajoelina. Military leader Col. Michael Randrianirina will be sworn in as the country’s transitional president on Friday, a statement from the new military leaders today has said.
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The African Union (AU) has suspended Madagascar after the ousting of President Andry Rajoelina. Military leader Col. Michael Randrianirina will be sworn in as the country’s transitional president on Friday, a statement from the new military leaders today has said.
The "King of Afrobeat", "Black President", activist and legendary musician Fela Kuti has returned to his hometown and Nigeria's cultural and commercial capital Lagos through a landmark exhibition that celebrates his life and legacy which opened on Monday.
📸AFP
📸AFP
October 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The "King of Afrobeat", "Black President", activist and legendary musician Fela Kuti has returned to his hometown and Nigeria's cultural and commercial capital Lagos through a landmark exhibition that celebrates his life and legacy which opened on Monday.
📸AFP
📸AFP
The recently unveiled Thomas Sankara Mausoleum by Kéré Architecture in Burkina Faso,built from locally sourced laterite and clay bricks to commemorate the country's iconic former president and Pan-Africanist. Sankara was assassinated on 15 Oct. 1987 in a plot by his treacherous ally Blaise Compaoré.
October 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The recently unveiled Thomas Sankara Mausoleum by Kéré Architecture in Burkina Faso,built from locally sourced laterite and clay bricks to commemorate the country's iconic former president and Pan-Africanist. Sankara was assassinated on 15 Oct. 1987 in a plot by his treacherous ally Blaise Compaoré.
More more than 600 MILLION people in Sub-Saharan Africa will join the working-age population over the next 25 years — the largest and fastest demographic shift in recent history!!! Only 24% of its new workers today land wage-paying jobs.
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
More more than 600 MILLION people in Sub-Saharan Africa will join the working-age population over the next 25 years — the largest and fastest demographic shift in recent history!!! Only 24% of its new workers today land wage-paying jobs.
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
Globally, each year, 12 million girls are married off before the age of 18.That is 23 girls every minute. Nearly 1 every 2 seconds – Girls Not Brides 2/2
October 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Globally, each year, 12 million girls are married off before the age of 18.That is 23 girls every minute. Nearly 1 every 2 seconds – Girls Not Brides 2/2
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina, facing mounting unrest, has appointed army general Ruphin FortunatZafisambo as prime minister to quell youth-led protests against his leadership. The move carries deep irony, as Rajoelina himself rose to power in 2009 through widespread protests.
October 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina, facing mounting unrest, has appointed army general Ruphin FortunatZafisambo as prime minister to quell youth-led protests against his leadership. The move carries deep irony, as Rajoelina himself rose to power in 2009 through widespread protests.
Tunisia shaken after court sentences 56-year-old man TO DEATH over posts on Facebook account that criticised Tunisian autocratic President Kaïs Saied. President Kaïs was once widely considered a democrat emerging from the Arab Spring's legacy – then he got the throne and became Saied The Terrible.
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tunisia shaken after court sentences 56-year-old man TO DEATH over posts on Facebook account that criticised Tunisian autocratic President Kaïs Saied. President Kaïs was once widely considered a democrat emerging from the Arab Spring's legacy – then he got the throne and became Saied The Terrible.
In China, a “flying motorcycle” is available for preorder, and tech enthusiasts are scrambling to get in line. It charges like an electric vehicle, and offers 200Km (124 miles) of range. It will set you back by $69,737!, CarNewsChina reports.
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In China, a “flying motorcycle” is available for preorder, and tech enthusiasts are scrambling to get in line. It charges like an electric vehicle, and offers 200Km (124 miles) of range. It will set you back by $69,737!, CarNewsChina reports.
The US and China owe the most to the regular United Nations budget.
www.cfr.org/article/un80...
www.cfr.org/article/un80...
October 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The US and China owe the most to the regular United Nations budget.
www.cfr.org/article/un80...
www.cfr.org/article/un80...
This magnetic levitation (maglev) train in Japan, planned to open in 2027, will be the FASTEST IN THE WORLD. Because it moves by magnetic force instead of friction, it accelerates and decelerates much faster than normal trains and can travel at a speed of up 500KPH!
September 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This magnetic levitation (maglev) train in Japan, planned to open in 2027, will be the FASTEST IN THE WORLD. Because it moves by magnetic force instead of friction, it accelerates and decelerates much faster than normal trains and can travel at a speed of up 500KPH!
China has 40,000 km of HIGH-SPEED RAIL network, the longest in the world by far. China's total functioning railway network (including standard gauge) is 162,000 km. This exceeds Africa's COMBINED 80,000–90,000 km functioning railway network.
September 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
China has 40,000 km of HIGH-SPEED RAIL network, the longest in the world by far. China's total functioning railway network (including standard gauge) is 162,000 km. This exceeds Africa's COMBINED 80,000–90,000 km functioning railway network.
A section of the Suyian Lodge, a safari resort in Laikipia, Kenya, is embedded into rocks. It is located within the 17,806-hectare Suyian Conservancy nature reserve. Its surrounding landscape has been rewilded with indigenous planting.
September 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A section of the Suyian Lodge, a safari resort in Laikipia, Kenya, is embedded into rocks. It is located within the 17,806-hectare Suyian Conservancy nature reserve. Its surrounding landscape has been rewilded with indigenous planting.
A boat capsized yesterday (Friday) in DR Congo, killing at least 86 people. In the past 5 years, boat disasters have killed at least 646 in DR Congo, the deadliest for boat tragedies over this period, compared to about 250 in Bangladesh, nearly 200 in Indonesia, and about 150 in the Philippines.
September 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A boat capsized yesterday (Friday) in DR Congo, killing at least 86 people. In the past 5 years, boat disasters have killed at least 646 in DR Congo, the deadliest for boat tragedies over this period, compared to about 250 in Bangladesh, nearly 200 in Indonesia, and about 150 in the Philippines.
DRC’s health ministry last week declared the country's first Ebola outbreak in three years, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths. It is the first outbreak in the country's Kasai province since 2008.
September 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
DRC’s health ministry last week declared the country's first Ebola outbreak in three years, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths. It is the first outbreak in the country's Kasai province since 2008.
South Africa’s Free Lives and QCF delivered innovative gameplay, while Ghana’s Leti Arts, led by Eyram Tawia, presented “Karmzah” and “Africa’s Legends” (photo). Senegal’s Amanirenas, led by Mame Mor Kandji, also shone.
August 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
South Africa’s Free Lives and QCF delivered innovative gameplay, while Ghana’s Leti Arts, led by Eyram Tawia, presented “Karmzah” and “Africa’s Legends” (photo). Senegal’s Amanirenas, led by Mame Mor Kandji, also shone.
Interesting. “Rewilding Europe” aims to restore natural processes and reintroduce native species across the continent, by allowing ecosystems to regain their natural dynamics, including in urban areas.
August 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Interesting. “Rewilding Europe” aims to restore natural processes and reintroduce native species across the continent, by allowing ecosystems to regain their natural dynamics, including in urban areas.