Peter Mandelson speaks in front of the painting called Whistlejacket by George Stubbs when he was still UK ambassador to Washington.
What Kenya’s deadly protests are really about
Kenya, one of east Africa’s more economically developed and democratically stable countries, has been rocked this week by a political crisis that reveals the deep cracks in both sides of that stability. Massive protests broke out earlier this week after parliament passed a bill increasing taxes — including on a bevy of everyday essentials like […]

