Africa

World Cup Tragedy Of South Africa

The urge in the beginning had been to entitle this piece “The Death of African Solidarity”. It took no time at all for me to...

South Africa: We Are All Victims

South Africa has pursued post-apartheid policies, the consequences of which we are seeing today. The country has a terrifying, soft underbelly which is now...

Manufacturers of Coups and Bandits   

Coups and bandits are all the rage these days. Just the other day, December 7 to be exact, there was the hot news that soldiers...

The Pushback Begins: Why Sahel Nations Are Quietly Ganging Up Against Nigeria

Tensions in West Africa have taken a dramatic turn as Niger Republic introduced systematic inspections for goods coming from Nigeria, particularly “miscellaneous items,” at...

Sovereignty For Export, Security For Debate: Nigeria’s Benin Intervention And The Question It Raises At Home

Nigeria’s rapid military intervention in Benin Republic during the alleged coup attempt of December 7, 2025 has drawn both praise and scrutiny, reopening an...

ECOWAS at 50: Celebrating Decades of Regional Integration

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), it is imperative to reflect on both our past...

Strengthening Democracy in West Africa: The Regional Partnership for Democracy

The Regional Partnership for Democracy (RPD) represents a timely and essential initiative in the pursuit of inclusive, accountable, and resilient political systems across West...

Dollar Well and Five-Gallon Rubber: West Africa and Global Currency Hierarchy

by Mohamed Gibril Sesay In today’s global economy, financial strength isn’t just measured in production output or trade flows. It’s built on trust on whether...

Africa: Still Chained by A Mentality of Servitude

Why do African leaders bow so low when standing next to Western politicians? Why do they extend their hands like beggars, waiting for aid...

Rwanda’s Zero Fleet Policy – Why Can’t The Rest Of Africa Follow Suit?

Imagine a country where ministers don’t move around in convoys of armored SUVs, don’t live in taxpayer-funded mansions, and don’t enjoy a battalion of...

Seeking Local Sustainable Funding Source for Development Work in Nigeria

by Innocent Edemhanria President Donald Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the USAID have got many worried about the impacts on Africa and Nigeria in particular....

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Nigerian Men and their Foreign Wives

Culturally, Nigerian men are overbearing, controlling, and paternalistic.  They relate to their fathers and mothers differently. They believe it is “a man’s world” and so they have the tendency to relegate women to subservient roles. I am stunned by the transformation Nigerian men, married to non-Nigerian women, have gone through in the United States...

Is Genevieve Nnaji Nigeria’s First Movie Superstar?

What is this Nnaji mystique that has her audience colliding heads so joyfully, crawling, craving some time in her sun? Star quality is what it is. The amount of talent dripping from her little finger is more than many of our other female leading ladies have combined...

Why Do African Men Go Home to Marry?

The African male is perplexing. He can be enigmatic. He can be everything and sometimes, nothing. He can be sweet and loving and caring and benevolent and at the same time oppressive. His life is full of contradictions. In so many ways, he is a wounded animal as a result of his historical past...

Mobil’s Oily Battle Over Intellectual Property Rights

The eight-year long battle between Commandclem Nigeria Limited and Mobil Producing Nigeria Limited, over ownership of patent and intellectual rights to a chemical invention for offshore drilling seems in sight…

Lost in a Sea of Hair Weaves

One can understand some black women wearing wigs for the same reasons that some white women do; because they are losing or have lost their hair. One can even make allowances for wigs being worn for the occasional change of look. But how to explain young women with full heads of hair who will never be seen dead with their natural hair?