Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
According to the latest reports, the wealth of Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has experienced a massive increase of $2.3 Billion, making the Billionaire wealthier than he has been in the last seven years. The spike in his fortunes for the second year running is as a
Four years after her death, Lesotho’s former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been charged with the murder of his wife, Lipolelo Thabane. According to the police, Thabane (82) arranged a team of eight assassins to shoot and murder his wife on June 14, 2017. Statements report the job was
Ramaphosa addressed the South African nation on November 28 in a speech detailing recent developments regarding the coronavirus, international reactions to the newly discovered Omicron variant, and the government's response to the latest travel bans placed on Southern African countries. Earlier in the previous week, South African scientists
The conventional narrative projected by Western worldviews that Africa was a barbaric and dark continent before colonization demands perpetual opposition. The organic intricacies of African civilizations prior colonial invasion are viewed as worthless historical mishaps. Pre-colonial African civilizations should not be romanticized as the proverbial utopia. It had its inherent
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been praised for ending the long-term conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia and earned the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing the 20-year logger to a close. The war cost both countries considerable amounts of resources and casualties until the conflict finally came to a closed
At one point in a lifetime, every African might have envisioned becoming a billionaire. Being a billionaire in Africa has however, proved to be an uphill task. When an African individual assumes a billionaire status, societal stereotypes are inclined towards perceiving the fortunes as products of embezzlement, pillage, money laundering
On the 25th of October, the military in Sudan usurped power from the civilian government, elbowing it out to become the sole leaders of the Sudanese transitional government. This ruckus pops up at a time when the twenty-one month military control was supposed to expire on the 1st of November
Most of Sudan’s cabinet has been arrested in what is now commonly perceived as a coup in Sudan. France 24 was first to report that the Sudan PM Abdala Hamdok, who has been detained for refusing to join the cup has urged Sundanese to “defend the revolution”. The events
Barbados has, in tremendous unison, resolved to drop the British monarchy’s Queen Elizabeth II as the island’s head of state, ushering a new epoch where Barbados will be recognized as a republic state. The country’s Parliament unanimously agreed (25 votes to none) to promulgate a Constitutional Amendment
Treasury permanent secretary George Guvamatanga acceptance of a gift from business tycoon and controversial Skunda Holdings boss, Kuda Tagwirei has left social media in sixes and sevens. Guvamatanga, who is one of the countries most powerful civil servants celebrated his 5oth birthday under the blessings of here south African singers-Mafikizolo,
Are former French colonies independent or simply mere pawns in a big political game? World media has been flooded with reports concerning the summoning of the French ambassador by BAMAKO over comments that the French president made during a summit. The meeting allowed the world to peer into the deepening
The United States of America is infamous for taking up a hard and fast approach to resolving disputes within and against the African States. Most recently, the Western superpower, a member of the Permanent five (P5) in the United Nations Security Council sanctioned Ethiopia to relinquish its move to deport
The positive impact of eminent people in shaping up a country’s national consciousness is a phenomenon that should never be understated. In doses of unwavering patriotism and moral authority that transcend the material realities of eminent people such as footballers, a compromise of a relatively positive national consciousness can
More than a year ago, I argued that a history of ethnic conflicts and a political structure that gives too much regional autonomy threatens the peace the country achieved under Abiy Ahmad, a 2019 Nobel Peace laureate. Indeed, as 2020 draws to a close, the Ethiopian federal government is on
Unlike previous iterations, World Wars 1 and 2, the Cold War, the War on Terrorism, and the War on Drugs, this new war is truly global in scope and affects every human being on a most personal and private level: that of healthcare. From urban dwellers in NYC, London, Moscow,
The aftermath of World war II witnessed the ushering in of a process of decolonization on the African continent. Since then, Africa has been exploited by western imperialist capitalism almost to the scale animated by PLO Lumumba when he said that Africa is being eaten on the dinner table by
