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                			Protest against President Obama in South Africa is justified
When President Barrack Obama visited Ghana for a few hours in 2009, he blamed African leaders and exonerated imperialism for the underdevelopment of the African ...
					
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                			Rwanda: RPF's 25 years of joyful awakening
By SEGUN ORUAME, Kigali. The Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) celebrated its 25th anniversary last December. Kigali, Rwandan capital was abuzz with activities; conferences ...
					
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                			War, terror, catastrophe: Profiting from 'Disaster Capitalism'
By PAUL B. FARRELL Hot tip: Invest in “Disaster Capitalism.” This new investment sector is the core of the emerging “new economy” that ...
					
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                			African growth with Asian characteristics
African governments are now turning instead to Asia as a partner in development, writes Amit Jain.   Prime Minister Luc Adolph Tiao of ...
					
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                			'U Rwanda rurimo Gutera Imbere' 18 years after …. Rwanda means triumph over adversity
Rwanda truly reflects the vast potential of the continent and its future writes SEGUN ORUAME, Kigali. There are so many ways in which ...
					
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                			Chinua Achebe – Troubling awards and failed leadership
If awards could improve national security, wipe off mass poverty and reduce massive unemployment, writers would probably become happy recipients of the Nigerian ...
					
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                			Social media may be Africa’s graveyard
Africa should be wary of the entrapments of social media. Contrary to popular claim of the positive impact of social media, it could ...
					
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                			Moving Nigeria away from failing and failure
As boy in the 1960’s and very early 1970’s, I used to sit and watch the Super tankers at Anglesey in Wales, filled ...
					
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                			The butchers of Nigeria
Over the past year, Nigeria’s homegrown terror group Boko Haram has escalated its deadly attacks against Christian and government targets, with the aim ...
					
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                			Disaster Capitalism swoops over Libya: The new colonization of Africa
By PEPE ESCOBAR Think of the new Libya as the latest spectacular chapter in the Disaster Capitalism series. Instead of weapons of mass ...
					
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                			'Disaster Capitalism' What does it mean to Africa?
By NWAKANMA CHIKA How does the bombing of a church in northern Nigeria by some illiterate Boko Haram suicide bomber relate to the ...
					
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                			Closed Borders!
Africa locks itself out of a potential $1 trillion continental business by refusing to trade with itself. By SEGUN ORUAME Open borders and ...
					 
                                                        
    					









