Africa

Donald Trump should fire his Foreign Policy team after reading this piece. The reasons for this are as follows. In International relations, foreign policies are guided by State ideology and …

Power has an enthralling effect on African politics and politicians. Many a President never imagined life outside power. That is why graceful retirement or resignation is somewhat something of a …

Former Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali made history as the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring of 2011. When the young street fruit vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, …

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 …