As opposed to the tag of poverty that is traditionally slammed on Africa, Africa is a rich continent, richer than people think…
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Africa & Beyond
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Nigeria is not an official member of either G8 or G20, but an invitation to the summit was given to her along with other important emerging markets of Southern hemisphere. …
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Massive investment in Africa, which lead to prosperity, will enable African governments to clean up their societies and not wait for wild, hope-raising promises at G8 meetings that are never …
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It is good news that President Obama is demanding and insisting that BP establish an escrow account for the clean up and compensation in the aftermath of the BP disaster…
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The nation of Israel has, as usual, attacked and murdered unarmed persons unprovoked, even though these persons were merely engaged in civil disobedience and were in fact on international waters…
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It is good thing that BP is suffering from the consequences of its environmental ineptitude. BP shares are being battered in American and European stock exchanges, and even amidst this …
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The present Boom and Bust paradigm is not healthy for oil trade for it does not only discourage investment in the oil industry but also inhibits research and development in …
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Until and unless the United States policy-makers realistically and coolly understand and accept the incorrigible nature of 12th century feudalist and anachronistic systems in those states they aspire to democratize, …
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The independent nation of Angola, a former Portuguese colony received, a good credit rating from Standard & Poor’s Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service that is commensurate with Nigeria, Lebanon …
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Almost a month after the massive explosion at an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in the American Gulf Coast, the massive oil spill, an environmental disaster and catastrophe, …
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As a matter of diversity and demographics which truly reflects America, it is well past time when an African American woman arrives at the hallowed halls of the US Supreme …
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The stories of municipal or private woes that have led to the worst financial crisis in decades in the West which led to rising debts, failing states like Greece and …
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This monumental environmental disaster is getting worse. It is fast spreading in expanse. Oil slick covering miles and miles of coastal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening aquatic life, …
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It was with considerable agitation and extreme irritation that I read Henry Louis Gates’ pedestrian essay on slave trade and reparations, published in The New York Times…
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In the current campaign by the three leaders of the Labour, the Conservative and Liberal parties, the problem of immigration is a major issue…
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The most heart-warming event in US/Russia relations is their agreement to reduce the deadly nuclear weapons in their arsenal and work for arms control. However, the current efforts are not …