“Somalia wears many different hats,” Mohamud said at the summit in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. He explained that Somalia ...
Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced.
Mubarak Munyagwa vows to ban Swahili and promote French in Uganda, sparking heated debate on language, culture, and national ...
Somalia has announced plans to accelerate the introduction of Swahili into the country's curriculum for schools and universities as part of its push for integration within the regional bloc East ...
Uganda’s presidential candidate Mubarak Munyagwa has vowed to abolish Swahili language if he clinches the top seat. Speaking ...
Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of the Swahili language in schools and universities, its president said. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement on Tuesday, October 7, ...
DJ Mo and Size 8’s daughter Wambo amused fans as she breezed through English but struggled with Kiswahili homework, earning ...
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Why we must mandate a new national tongue alongside English

By H. AKU KWAPONG Every nation faces its own Tower of Babel problem—the challenge of uniting diverse peoples under one roof of understanding. Some countries ignore it and suffer; others confront it ...
Five-year-old Kenyan student Miguel Munene sits between his parents, holding their hands as he watches cartoon characters teaching him to pronounce "fish".
Kiaan — The Persian meaning of this name is "king." It means "grace of God" in Indian/Hindi, has Irish origins that mean ...
TANZANIA: THE Swahili phrase “chini ya uvungu” literally translates to “under the bed/box”. Meaning: Figuratively, it means ...