It appears the military in Sudan did not fully comprehend the memo and demands from the citizens when it was asked to come to their aid and ousted President Omar al-Bashir through a military coup last week. While the protesters wanted the military to force out the president, they never
Awad Ibn Auf, Sudan’s defence minister and leader of the coup that seized power from Omar al-Bashir, has stepped down a day after seizing power. He announced his decision to step down at a nationwide broadcast on Friday. Auf had first announced that the military would be in charge
Let no one tell you otherwise, Africa was greatly exploited during the colonial era. Africans were used as slaves to work as labourers and cultivate important cash crops and mine mineral resources which were exported to the home countries of our colonial masters. The various countries on the continent were
On Sunday, the United States pulled its contingent of troops from Libya in the wake of General Khalifa Haftar having ambitions to take control of the capital Tripoli. There has been a surge in violence mainly from the issue of the General wanting control over Tripoli. Forces under the General
This is definitely not a good way to die. Horrifying to say the least, however, it has only revealed why South Africa and indeed other East African countries should never relent on criminalizing poaching. There's no delight in killing animals for fun or any other means. Illegal poaching
There are very few footballers in the world today who fall into the same class as Ivory Coast and Manchester City legend, Yaya Toure. He is indeed a true professional and legend of the round leather game, who has brought lots of joy to fans all around the globe. Sadly,
According to news coming out of Kenya, Airwing Tobias Ogeto, a pilot working with the National Police Service, has tendered his resignation letter accusing his bosses at the police service of nepotism and tribalism. There is no denying that tribalism and nepotism are evil fruits which must be removed from
Last year, when the Kenyan legal luminary icon and pan-Africanism giant, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba was deported from Zambia for speaking against China’s dominance in the country, Africans all over the world knew that the dark ages of neo-colonialism were finally upon us. How can we fathom a
The judicial challenge launched by the South Africa Mining Council against the implementation of the Mining Charter that was issued last year reeks of neo-colonialism, colonial privilege and is threat to the attainment of economic freedom in South Africa. The 2018 Mining Charter included a number of key changes to
What normally should be a simple issue solved between two brothers over the phone has turned into a case that threatens not just the peace between two countries but the sovereignty of the entire African continent. The ongoing crisis between Uganda and Rwanda over a border issue is a big
Hosted by the School’s Oxford Africa Business Alliance, the event explored the implications of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on the development and ease of doing business on the continent. ‘One of the big indirect effects of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will be that
Government and humanitarian aid is slowly penetrating Zimbabwe a week after Cyclone Idai. Authorities and aids groups are intensifying relief efforts on the ground as they gain access to the most hard-hit areas. Food supplies and emergency response units have been dispatched in the region to help the thousands of
The Kenya public prosecutor on March 8 ordered that the graft probe into six projects to construct dams be accelerated. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations questioned Henry Rotich this month about his role in authorizing advance payments to contractors. At stake are Uhuru Kenyatta’s $25 billion plans to expand
Yared Getachew, Captain of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 that crashed in Ethiopia on 10th March 2019 killing all 157 people on-board requested permission to return to Addis Ababa airport three minutes after takeoff immediately after detecting a problem. A source who reviewed air traffic communications told the newspaper that air
The pre-storm flooding in Mozambique has already taken up 66 lives in Mozambique, 45 in Malawi and four in South Africa following torrential rains that have triggered flash floods. The storm has been intensifying and gathering strength in the Indian Ocean and residents have been warned about the imminent danger
In the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, we were told of how God used language to create division among the Israelites who had decided to build a tower that would touch the heavens and enable them to see God. I believe that this story was referenced in the
