Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
Liberia: a note to a government minister By Alfred P. B. Kiadii Author’s note: this piece was written by me to a government minister in my country who sent a note to me with the usual suspicions, misrepresentations, and distortions about our struggle. For matter of confidentiality, I will
In this whole world, 2,043 people are billionaires, and striking to note is that out of these people, only eleven are black people. Aliko Dangote is the richest black person in the world, with a staggering $14.1 billion to his name. He is also the richest person in
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa deposed long-time ruler Robert Mugabe in a coup, a new term for his reign was created - the New Dispensation. It was a term that was supposed to usher hope for a broken citizenry, a term that was supposed to signify a great dissociation from the
"The French army is doing everything it takes to hide civilian casualties, this is why we do not know the exact number of civilian casualties caused by the military operations by France," Raphael Granvaud told Anadolu Agency in 2018. Granvaud wrote the book 'Que fait l'
After persistent protests and campaigns by activists and civil society groups in Sierra Leone to attract government's attention to the increasing number of rape cases in the country, it appears the odds have fallen in their favor as the number one citizen of the country, President Julius Maada
by Robert Moncio Kpadeh "Opposition wants to assassinate President Weah" or "a coup has been planned to oust our government" are all patriarchy machinations and diabolical subterfuges that were cooked up and regurgitated by crude, bellicose and bereft regimes of the past. These are hawkish commentaries
Proponents of social justice and academic freedom, militant campaigners of popular power and genuine democracy, sons and daughters of the disinherited and defenseless mass of our people, fighting cadres and courageous ideologues of Africa’s bulwark of consciousness, the indomitable Vanguard Student Unification Party, eminent statesmen and women, distinguished media
Apart from a few names identified as registered expatriates working in Belgium, there is hardly any information on existing relationships between Belgium and Ivory Coast. This is why it came as a surprise to many when the western Europe country accepted to take in former Ivory Coast president, Laurent Gbagbo,
There was good news in Ethiopia after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his wife, Zinash Tayachew, were given permission by the court to adopt an orphan from one of the orphanages in the country. The court approved the adoption of the child, named Million, from the Kibebe Tsehay Orphanage. The
With barely 14 days to the much-anticipated presidential elections in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, the news that the country’s vice-president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was involved in a helicopter crash while on campaign duties on behalf of the president, Muhammadu Buhari, threw the country in uncertainty. A few
The Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, popularly referred to as Al-Shabaab, is a jihadist fundamentalist group that has been operating from Somalia and carries out deadly attacks on innocent lives since 2006 - when it was founded. The group became a part of the notorious international militant Islamist organization, Al-Qaeda in 2012,
They are a little poorer than they were last year but still richer than the rest of the continent. Forbes says Africa's richest 20 are worth a combined $68.7 billion, $6.7 billion less than a year ago. Only four of the twenty made gains while the
By Moses Uneh Yahmia President Weah and his apologists have been parroting imaginary achievements on a scandal sheet in the name of first year achievements of the “Pro-poor Agenda”. It is like “An emperor who parades the street naked under the guise of being in new suits” (Alan Woods. 2018)
94-year-old former president of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe who ruled the country as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017 is free to return to power if he wants - according to the current president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mugabe was forced out of power
The president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, has been in power since 1989 after seizing power in a bloodless coup. This means he has been at the country’s helm of affairs for about 30 years. The problem, however, is that he does not plan on relinquishing power any time soon.
Despite reports that the DRC elections were marred with irregularities and accusations of an alleged deal between President Joseph Kabila and Felix Tshisekedi for the latter to become president of the country, Tshisekedi has been sworn-in as president. This occasion was the first transfer through an election in 59 years
