October 22, 2026
Somewhere in a compound in Southeast Asia, a university-educated young African is typing fraud scripts he never chose to write. At home, his…
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About 3,500 years ago, at a time it was unheard of for women to dream of owning landed property in the nation of Israel, some
A perceptive graduate student reminded me in class recently that the United States government spends billions of dollars in subsidies, tax exemptions and aid to
A recent article by a fellow columnist on this platform, Dr Moses Khisa, titled “Reclaiming the Pan-African Agenda” had me thinking about the first line
On her first day at work, the World Trade Organization Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, walked up the stairs to her Geneva office, proudly displaying
In the past one year, Nigeria has looked like a country on the edge of a precipice, ready to keel over and break into a
It is now clear that Paul Rusesabagina was lured into a trap of arrest. This is how the operation went. A Burundian pastor, allegedly Rusesabagina’s
Must democracy be seen through the eyes of Europeans? Democracy translates from the Greek word “Demokratos”, which means “a rule” (Kratos), “by the people” (Demos).
Pan-Africanism has lately become the object of derision and denigration, partly understandable but largely mistaken. Among the legion of pro-democracy advocates active on the streets
On the 17th of February 2021, the trial of Paul Rusesabagina and his 21 co-accused began before the High Court Chamber of International and Cross-border
The longevity of some of Africa’s odious regimes has been due to state-sponsored violence and intimidation, ethnic and tribal politics, and the complicity of
About 3,500 years ago, at a time it was unheard of for women to dream of owning landed property in the nation of Israel, some
A perceptive graduate student reminded me in class recently that the United States government spends billions of dollars in subsidies, tax exemptions and aid to
A recent article by a fellow columnist on this platform, Dr Moses Khisa, titled “Reclaiming the Pan-African Agenda” had me thinking about the first line
On her first day at work, the World Trade Organization Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, walked up the stairs to her Geneva office, proudly displaying
In the past one year, Nigeria has looked like a country on the edge of a precipice, ready to keel over and break into a
It is now clear that Paul Rusesabagina was lured into a trap of arrest. This is how the operation went. A Burundian pastor, allegedly Rusesabagina’s
Must democracy be seen through the eyes of Europeans? Democracy translates from the Greek word “Demokratos”, which means “a rule” (Kratos), “by the people” (Demos).
Pan-Africanism has lately become the object of derision and denigration, partly understandable but largely mistaken. Among the legion of pro-democracy advocates active on the streets
On the 17th of February 2021, the trial of Paul Rusesabagina and his 21 co-accused began before the High Court Chamber of International and Cross-border
The longevity of some of Africa’s odious regimes has been due to state-sponsored violence and intimidation, ethnic and tribal politics, and the complicity of
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Part of the problem facing Africa is that the agency to articulate the trials and tribulations of Africans has for long been usurped by foreigners. As a principle, everyone should get involved in debates on Africa, of course. However, rather than Read more