Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
Ever since Muammar Gaddafi was deposed, Libya has never been the same. There has been more destruction, and peace is seemingly still out of reach for the Libyans. Life has increasingly become worse, and the killing of Gaddafi solved nothing, except to aggravate things. Western forces were behind the toppling
Kwame Nkrumah is one of Africa's greatest visionaries and Pan-Africanists who gave hope to the continent, who empowered the people of Africa to assert their worth by demanding independence from the European colonialists. He was fearless, determined, and bent on achieving universal independence for Africa. As he stayed
Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki who decamped from the ruling All Progressive Congress a couple of weeks ago has declared his intention to run against the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari in February 2019 elections. He made his intentions known today through a Facebook Live Broadcast via his
The callousness of colonialism knew no bounds, in all honesty. Skulls taken from Namibian tribespeople who were massacred have been handed over to Namibia in a church ceremony held at a church in Berlin. The skulls were taken for experimentation to push the narrative of European racial superiority. A Namibian
Reports by Global Business Newspaper Brand, Financial Times a few hours ago claim that United States President, Donald Trump, called his Nigeria counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, “lifeless,” after their April 30 meeting. Buhari and Trump met at the White House on April 30. Both leaders discussed issues bordering on fighting terrorism
It has been 70 years since the United Nations first recognized the need to establish an international criminal court, to prosecute crimes such as genocide. In resolution 260 of 9 December 1948, the General Assembly, "Recognizing that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity;
Nigeria attracts international attention for many reasons and sadly, Drug Abuse is one of them. The country ranks high on the list of countries known for Drug Abuse; with the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) and the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) confirming after a National Household
The Vietnam War goes down in history as one of the worst wars ever in the world, which resulted in the death of more than 3 million people in a period of 20 years. It was a fight predicated on ideology, with the Communist government of North Vietnam against South
On Friday, June 29, 2018, the densely populated suburb of Red Light was a scene of protest and uproar as conscious cadres of the Student Unification Party rallied and led thousands of marketers and street peddlers in demand of government’s immediate intervention pertinent to the rising exchange rate, hyperinflation,
All is not well within the ruling political party in Nigeria and it seems to have gotten out of hands. The division within the All Progressive Congress (APC) that has lingered for many years since their take-over in 2015 can no longer be hidden and the players seem to have
The Supreme Court of Nigeria headed by Justice Centus Chima Nweze yesterday discharged and acquitted the Senate President of alleged false asset declaration charges. In the judgement, Justice Nweze of the Apex Court threw out the judgement of the Appeal Court and Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), which had earlier
Practice What You Preach. Preach What You Practice To practice what they preach is a moral, most, if not all people, can’t live by. People find themselves at the extremes of either preaching only or practicing only. However, Zimbabwean born, billionaire entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, is one of the few
The colonial era was a dark time for Africa, as dehumanization, brutality and the worst forms of humiliation were the mark of black Africans. Heinous and atrocious acts were done to grease over the selfish and evil deeds of the colonizers, while the black Africans resigned despairingly to their miserable
The CFA franc has for long been a tool used by France, a former colonial master, to cement its colonia ties with former colonies. There has been a resistance to this common currency, and not a group of young African rappers is challenging the existence and use of the CFA
Both are new in their respective posts. Both got in after the resignation of their predecessors. Both are being seen as reformists. But today both the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa had to treasure their lives as they had to be whisked away from the
In Zimbabwean politics, politicians do some of the most unbelievable things. Citizens just look on, ostensibly shocked with the acts, or in fear of defiance. Some, they just blindly fall for it. In a country where a lot is at stake, people asked themselves what could be wrong with the
