Why the silence? When will African elites apologise for their role in the slavetrade?
Fort Elmina, Ghana By Yoku Shaw-Taylor “The book Barracoon resolutely records the atrocities African peoples inflicted on each other, long before shackled Africans, traumatized, ill, disoriented, starved, arrived...
Hamdok can save Sudan by forming a government in exile
The military antagonists are meeting in Jeddah, while civilians actors are in Addis Abeba. To make peace in Sudan, Dr. Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek argues...
The Rwandan government engages in transnational repression by targeting and eliminating political opponents abroad, as well as intimidating their family members who reside in...
A call for military intervention in Sudan
By Dr. Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek The war that erupted in Sudan on April 15, 2023, has had devastating consequences for the country and its people....
Africa can no longer be lectured
Interview on Africa’s position in the world with Murithi Mutiga, head of programs with the International Crisis Group in Nairobi Africa hardly played a role...
Judges are trying to save Africa from lawlessness and greedy politicians
It is cheaper to buy a judge than to hire a lawyer. That saying has been true since Kenya's independence in 1963, but that...
Life style audits in Kenya a good idea to fight corruption
Lifestyle audits of state/public officers is a great idea. Our political elites are never short of great ideas. In every great idea coming from...
Grand handshakes in Kenya reconfirm the interest of the political elite
The handshake between President Uhuru and Raila Odinga on March 09, 2018 was not the first of baronial handshakes we have seen nor will...
It appeared to be a relapse to 1966, the year in which the democracy in Uganda was given a farewell. The Ugandan army last...
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