Africa

This piece is not an attempt to hold forte for Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast, nor to malign him either, but rather to bring to the attention of the world …

Rulers from African countries will meet at the next bi-annual AU summit to discuss political, security and financial issues affecting the world’s top sub-Saharan region. Nigeria still hopes that there …

Egyptians must understand that the driving away of the dictator was an opening to a long journey to democratic dispensation. Egyptians maybe in quick need of calling for an election, …

There are several aspects of the rape story against Assange I find incredible and just plain silly. First, Assange is not so physically well endowed as to have subdued two …

It is a new day in Egypt! Egyptians jubilate, celebrate and dance in the streets most triumphantly! The world is transfixed and exultant for the successful revolution inspired and driven …

Now that Hosni Mubarak has resigned, would the Americans, Europeans and Israelis support a military dictatorship in Egypt or a thorough democratic transition processes?

You Nigerians are very good when it comes to religious riots and the pursuit of ethnic acrimony. You don’t look at the bigger picture. And that perhaps is the real …

We the undersigned condemn in the strongest possible terms the murder of Mr David Kato the Ugandan gay rights campaigner. We wish to state emphatically that homosexuality is neither a …

The ‘okada’ riders, recharge card sellers, jobless youths, thugs, motor park touts, ‘Bolekaja’ drivers, armed robbers, hungry artisans, yahoo yahoo 419ers, gay hunters, ‘gbajumo onijibiti’, ‘olori ebi gbajue’, pure water …

As a non-Arab concerned with the plight of the people of Palestine and the burgeoning non-beguiling ordeal of the people of Iraq, I am forced to wonder about certain what …

President Barack Obama it was, who once stated that Africa needs strong institutions and not strong men. But now we know these statements are mere deep end platitudes, in view …

Laurent Koudou Gbagbo and his ‘gang’ of marauders, mercenaries from Liberia and Angola and some leading elements in the military must not prevail in this clear battle for the soul …

Many have hailed the recent vote for independence by South Sudan from their Northern Arab neighbors after many years of bloody struggle. To some, it represents a fresh start for …

Since the world woke up to the news of the anti-government revolts in these African countries, a likely scenario in Africa’s most populous country has been a major discourse across …

The average American wants to know why some are vehemently and stridently against American policies in the Middle East and most of the world? The answer is the hypocrisies and …

The quickness to which the UN took sides in the Ivorian elections was unprecedented and highly suspicious. The UN has to exercise her independence and must not make pundits see …