Africa & Beyond

I had written on the Second Coming of Benjamin Netanyahu years ago, after he took power in Israel. Months later, I met Mr. Roy Sapoznich, who is an Israel political …

My unquenchable interest in how and why Nigeria stopped turning between 1966 and 1970 was ignited when I saw information about classified U.S. files on the Nigerian civil war in …

Scholars who have been engaged in studying the United Nations efforts at arms control will tell you that the newly signed Treaty on Arms Control will end up in the …

While we congratulate Uhuru Kenyatta for his marginal presidential election victory in his country we must remind him, in the spirit of pan-Africanism, that it is not yet Uhuru!

Hugo Chavez understood the psychology of the rich Venezuelans. The bible says that the poor you will have with you always. Chavez decided that it would be good to reduce …

Last Tuesday the whole world was informed of the transition of Comrade Hugo Chavez, the ailing President of Venezuela who passed away in a military hospital in Caracas two weeks …

Senator John Kerry, who will take-over from Mrs Hilary Clinton later this month, has no choice  but to steer American diplomacy away from  diplomatic  hard attitudes  usually attributable to ego-political  …

The right to bear arms remains.  The state of anomie persists.  Unfortunately, until something drastic is done to stop the carnage from gun violence and better attention is paid to …

The tactics of naked power consist of catchy slogans, pretentious patriotism, pitching groups or tribes against each other, creating in-group–out-group divisions while putting on a façade of unity…

Contrary to what our Nigerian and African minds might tell us, the fiscal cliff is not just an American problem, something that only actual Americans have to deal with…

Positive reactions to the outcome of the International Seminar on the Future of Africa and the New World Economic Order are overwhelming…

The Seminar condemned the rising tide of racial abuse of Africans, who play professional football in Europe. The Seminar held that any racist postulations that are degrading  and inhuman  are  …

In any fair deal, a seasoned negotiator will tell you, both sides must feel the pain. It won’t be a deal where the weaker side feel morally justified to bury …

The world of literature has been corrupted by those journalists who revel in scandals, grinning from ear to ear and reveling in obscenities. They deliver marital offenders to the executioners, …

Governor Mitt Romney wanted very badly to lead America, taking America through another path. It was obvious that he had hoped to win the last presidential elections, all things being …

Mr. President, say your prayers and drink lots of water to calm your nerves; Paul Ryan is a testament to that…