Africa

In dealing with the challenges of emerging worlds, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton has proved that she is possessed with the capacity of not only leading the highly competitive process of …

After centuries of the Romanov dynastic rule in Russia, the Bolsheviks, under Lenin’s revolutionary acumen, overthrew the Russian monarchy…

Not a whole lot of positive news rushes out of Nigeria – especially lately, but one of the things we got absolutely right was our determined leadership and our drive …

After the South African experience, where human rights were systematically violated by the apartheid regimes with the connivance of civilized nations, it is no longer enough to pay lip service …

He was a people’s warrior. He never feared  the brutality of Apartheid, stayed strong and he remained focussed in his historic struggles for emancipation of the people of South Africa. …

2013 has been a hugely significant year for Africa. It is the year in which we lost so many significant personalities. Personalities who firmly stood as symbols of the African …

Chavez’s offence was that, as soon as he became President, he implemented a true national constitution that enabled participatory democracy from the grassroots level on up. Then he went and …

Barring their nicotine-stained teeth, from years of nervous negotiations, diplomats from the East and West jubilantly celebrated their diplomatic feat over their success in the Iranian nuclear programme agreement…

The fundamental purposes of the principles of jus cogen are to adroitly and strictly apply its rules in international disputes. Where this is successfully done, the rule of international justice …

To the Muslim world, Malala is a golden gift that should be embraced to  deconstruct the mind of those with the mindset of Islam as a religion of war. Malala …

The Scots are poised for national regeneration. There will be fireworks in the university towns of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Durham and others…

Syria is asked to join the Chemical Weapons Treaty regime and hand over all chemical weapons to an international control authority, yet to be constituted…

In diplomacy, it pays to make haste slowly. In statecraft, the application of rational, human intelligence has more merit than the use of military force or the threat to use …

Untruth, no matter with what dexterity it is spoken and for how long, its glamorous colours will fade. Then, the liar develops shifting eyes as he or she loses honour …

The prospects for international peace and security are dire and divergent views on the Syrian crisis have crystallized…

In Syria, we can appreciate that there is no effect without a cause. Any-one who has followed the Syrian crisis critically, will ask the first logical question,” How did it …