Africa

If they want peace, nations must avoid the pin-pricks that precede canon shots – Napoleon Bonaparte This piece examines the correlation between the concepts of Human Rights and Peace; a …

The historical, theoretical context of Nigerian societal development can be located in chance happenings, ad hoc strategies and these are quickly discarded by the next “redemption troopers”. Royalist and anti-royalist, …

After the forces of evil have eaten out the hearts of corrupt sons and daughters of darkness, and after the appearance of the red four moons, the cleansing of the …

The late Madiba, Nelson Mandela, had spent about 27 years in a Robben Islands prison under the apartheid era before gloriously returning to become the first black President of his …

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit”. – Harry Truman Consequentially, Obama’s visit to Havana, Cuba is historic and reconciliatory. Cuba …

Milsovic and Karadzic have paid the supreme price for the arrogance of power.  The verdict of history is always long in coming. So, will other political criminals in all nations. …

Brussels, the Belgian capital was hit on Tuesday,22nd March, 2016,between 8 a.m and 9:10 a.m, by three explosions that killed 34 people and injured about 190. The first two explosions …

The rising incidences of violent conflicts around the world, is posing grave challenges to the security establishments of most countries. Clear pointers to the upsurge in this phenomenon are the …

The on-going presidential primaries of both the Republicans and the Democrats in the race for the party nomination for the American presidential poll coming up in November are getting more and …

President Barack Obama recently described Libya as a “mess” of a country. Indeed Libya, post Ghaddafi, is more than a mess, messed up by a combination of human factors including …

Somalia is found in the Horn of Africa with Mogadishu as capital city. Ever since Mohamed Siad Barre, the late dictator, fled the city in January 1991 the country has …

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance –Thomas Jefferson. The human family at the dawn of the 21st century is faced with many problems: an increasingly polluted and otherwise threatened …

Long before he became Secretary-General of the United Nations, he had already exerted a scholarly influence on the progressive development of international law and diplomatic practice. He played a laudable …

“May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.” — President John Adams moving into the new White House in 1797. (John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, …

Today’s piece re-examines the wider security implications of the arrest of radical Muslim Cleric, Ahmad al-Assir, by Lebanese authorities at the Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport, Lebanon as he attempted …

Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo was the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor who did many great things during his years in the apex bank faced with daunting challenges. He had …