Hoden Elmi

Kenyan President William Ruto has denied accusations that Nairobi is backing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s war, insisting that Kenya’s only role is to facilitate dialogue.

The lights dim, the bass shakes the floor, and the crowd presses closer. My sister Hibotep and I stand side by side, feeding sound into the room. Faces blur into motion, bodies surrender to rhythm, and for a moment the noise of the world falls away. Here, behind the decks, I feel something rare: home. Not a home of walls or borders, but one that hums in my chest, carried on every beat we play. Suddenly, I began reflecting on everything that had led me here.