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...

He who goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing: Nigeria turns East?

All those with an entrepreneurial mindset would applaud the news that Nigeria is going to China to intensify our international relations...

The Coup in Egypt: The End of the Notion of Democracy in the Arab World?

The military intelligence operations in Egypt, which purportedly terminated the democratically elected government of President Morsi, was a coup d’état...

The Strong Merits of International Law in the Conduct of International Relations: A Note to the Security Council Members (2)

International law operates on the principles of equality, respect for the territorial integrity and political independence of states, non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states, restraint in the use of force, peaceful co-existence...

The Role of Military Intelligence and Diplomacy in the Era of World Terrorism: A Note to the UN Security Council Members

The world is divided amongst states with different worldviews, which are irreconcilable. China has increased its military budget. Japan has freed itself from the impositions put on its constitution after the Second World War...

Sino-American Diplomatic Rapprochement

There were scholars and policy bureaucrats who, for decades, benefited from anti-communist hysteria and in the process, hindered the positive development of Sino-American relations...

The Power of Social Media over Man-made Gods: Mediaocracy Vs. Democracy in Turkey

The Rubicon between democracy and dictatorship is crossed unwittingly, silently and without proclamation...

The Proposed Geneva Diplomatic Conference on Syria: Obvious Impediments

Things have changed dramatically since Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq and Russia are backing the Syrian Government. The prospects of the success of the Geneva Diplomatic Conference on Syria are remote for the following reasons...

Would CAN elect Desmond Tutu President?

Long after Tutu showed the world how the church can help people against tyranny and bad governance, Nigerians had to deal with brutal military regimes and corruption, and we are yet to discover the positions of many of our most prominent men and their women of God against those that oppress and abuse power...

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CAF's Togo Ban: Issa Hayatou, you got it wrong

On the 8th of January 2010 the Togolese national team - The Hawks - set out for Cabinda, Angola from the Congo to commence their campaign in the African Cup of Nations. It has proved to be a serious error of judgment...

A Man Worth Less Than A Chicken

In the illogical, absurd creed that reigns in Nigeria, a man’s life is worth wasting over N30! That, in a nutshell, is a picture of how much an average Nigerian’s life is worth in the eyes of agents of the Nigerian state...

An Elegy for Ibusa town in Delta State

In Ibusa, there is no single state Ministry located in it, yet the town is just about 7 km away from Asaba. There is a rising youth unemployment, which has allowed cultism to gain firm root. The Black Axe, the Buccaneer, the Eiye Confraternity and local 419ners have become land lords...

Christmas Bombings: A Nation Courting Death

Last Sunday, Nigeria made another bloody bid for global infamy as bombs detonated in churches in Abuja and elsewhere in the country. At the time of this writing, the death toll stood at more than twenty-five, and was expected to rise. That’s a staggering loss of live...

The Dalai Lama and the New South Africa: Today and in Hindsight

Given the circumstances that surrounded the birth of the new South Africa, many had expected that issues of especially liberty, would shape and dictate the trajectory of South Africa's foreign policy...

The evils of complacency in politics

Oftentimes, intrigues exist in political matrixes. Concepts such as...

Acts of Violence

In Nigeria, poverty contributes to violence and violence in turn fuels poverty...

Princewill’s Decision So Far So Good

Princewill’s decision and love for the state riled the leadership of AC at the national level by his insistence that his decision was hinged on the need to bring change to the state...

The Making of an American President

These immortals have been men after all… I lived in...

Exchanging Ignorance

The news programs in America are doing the American people a disservice by keeping them in the dark about the rest of the world...