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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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“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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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October 15th 1987 will forever remain indelible in the annals of political history in both Burkina Faso and Africa, for on that day of infamy the youthful revolutionary leader of …
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During the colonial days more than a century ago the White men that came to Africa never bothered themselves with passports, visas or ‘yellow cards’ (a yellow-coloured paper testifying to …
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When the US President Barack Obama visited Ghana in his first mandate some years back he had famously declared that Africa, the blessed land of his late father, did not …
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‘’He gives twice who gives promptly.’’ –Publilius Syrus (1st century BC) The current refugees’ flight from Syria and other parts of the earth have once again exposed our claim to …
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The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL), known as Daesh in Arabic, has come to be known generally as the most potent barbaric terrorist group in the …
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This piece goes beyond political expediency or a sense of self-interest. Rather, it is with a profound sense of fulfillment to receive an appreciative response from the White House to …
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Robert Mugabe, the 91-year old president of Zimbabwe – that beautiful but horribly impoverished country tucked away in the Southern part of Africa – has always managed to emerge colourful …
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Worldwide, the dismal failure of ideology in primitive societies, feudal societies, capitalist societies and the old socialist order in the 21st century, is responsible for the infantile disorder in our …
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This discourse interrogates the current humanitarian security management systems in the light of the escalating upsurge in the volume of attacks directed at aid workers in the several conflict theaters …
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When Lucifer entered the hearts of Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and Hirobito from 1939-1945, the world witnessed the most harrowing destruction of human beings in their millions and properties worth zillions …