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...

Gaffing Gaddafi Garrotted

Libya’s feral underclass, spurred on by Western arm and primitive ethnocentric agenda eventually got their man. To the glee of every copywriter in the West, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s death was not only sensational in the newsroom but also a testimony to the power of propaganda...

Sarkozy's Diplomatic Posture, French Elections: Cette une temps magnifique

This year, three formidable French personalities have dominated the international media. They are, President Sarkozy, Monsieur Dominique Strauss-Khan and Madam Christine Lagarde...

Israel's Arrogance, Intransigence Complacency Ebbing?

The government of Israel, particularly the Beyamin Netanyahu government, has, over several years, demonstrated implacable arrogance, intransigence and complacency, through its refusal to negotiate and interact with a demonized HAMAS and other representatives of the Palestine people...

The 66th United Nations General Assembly: wars without end; worries without end

Some of the intellectuals in the West are fond of predicting the disintegration of African states...

What a long journey to Africa's freedom

He finally made it to Nigeria, even though belatedly. That W. E.B. DuBois, the larger-than-life anti-colonialist crusader, now visiting the newly 'liberated' Nigeria was literally weeping, seemed incomprehensibly disquieting to Zik, especially given his fragile health...

The west, the press and other friendly enemies of Africa

My friends and colleagues in the media cannot be left out of the list of the friendly enemies of our people. Their biggest but not gravest sin is to forget to truly believe that the pen is mightier than the sword for they seem to underestimate how much good they can do for their people...

The United Nations and Contemporary World Society: Kuomi Duka!

I will certainly drink a glassful of ale if and when Nigeria becomes a member of the United Nations Security Council in no distant future...

No Tears for Ghadaffi

Others have pointed out to the rest of the world how Libya was somewhat a model of self sustenance which flourished with milk and honey under Ghadaffi. I say they are sorely mistaken. The key parameter of human prosperity is our ability to seek happiness free from the control of another mere mortal...

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The Great Syrian Debate: Roundabout Diplomacy in Geneva. (5)

Syria is asked to join the Chemical Weapons Treaty regime and hand over all chemical weapons to an international control authority, yet to be constituted...

Sense of Entitlement

When we view a sense of entitlement from the...

Fake Intellectuals, Useless Patriots

Politics in Nigeria is like war because it is the most lucrative job in Nigeria. It is not impossible to see a man that made some moderate money from, say business, become stupendously rich once he's elected into political office...

Ogun State, Politics, and the 2026 World Cup!

These are politically crazy times in Nigeria. Voluntarily, or not,...

Are Nigerians United Against Corruption?

I have maintained in the past that I abhor corruption because of its consequences. You would think that all reasonable persons, especially Nigerians, are united against the corruption scourge, and therefore intently focused in the war against it?

Abia State and the Governance of a Little Mind

In any organised environment, it behooves the government to be concerned with the good affairs of its citizens, but Orji-led government sees this as the last principle of a sustainable development. The government has continued to build hope without anything to show for it...

The Odi Genocide and Olusegun Obasanjo

Obasanjo should face trials for violating the human rights of the Odi people, for violating the rules of engagement, and for ordering a full scale military operation in a civilian territory...

Why Have We Abandoned Honourable Haruna Yerima?

May I plead with President Obasanjo and all men of goodwill to prevail on the house to rescind its decision and recall Honorable Haruna Yerima with immediate effect...

Lekan Fatodu as an Assassin!

Comrade Omoyele Sowore is the publisher and founder of...

Democrats, Disarrayed, Never Seem To Manage Victory Well

The off-year elections are over now. President Obama and the Democrats should realize and recognize the reality having just received a wake-up call...