The past few weeks witnessed the dramatic culmination of a protracted contestation for power in Zimbabwe between various factions. The former vice-president of ... Read More...
Ever since the end of Nigeria’s three-year civil war in 1970—a costly conflict that consumed an estimated three million lives—the nightmare scenario for the nat... Read More...
The Biafran War, which took place between 1967 and 1970, represents a very dark time in Nigerian history. It was a tragedy that exceeded conceivable imagination.
When another headline reads that more bodies have drowned in the Mediterranean, the emotional labour of going through more narratives of black bodies sinking to... Read More...
In 1958, as a senator in the United States, John F. Kennedy published the book, A Nation of Immigrants. His brother, Robert F. Kennedy, who later became Attorne... Read More...
Barack Obama’s election as the first black President of the United States was greeted with tremendous fervour and hope across the globe, especially within sub-S... Read More...
In 1851, at the height of colonialism, London held what is now widely regarded as the first “Great Exhibition”. Within a giant iron and glass structure, known a... Read More...
The United States is the preponderant military power in the world today, with unparalleled capacity to act militarily anywhere in the world. The end o... Read More...
To escape the authoritarian government under President Isaias Afwerki, evade forced conscription, and/or find economic opportunities, an estimated 5,0... Read More...
“The Nigerian Armed Forces and security agencies are capable of handling the security situation in Nigeria. All we need is the understanding, the support of wel... Read More...