Lome the capital of Africa
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Lome the capital of Africa! It may sound far-fetched, like a challenge to Addis Ababa, which houses the headquarters of the continent-wide African Union—though the Ethiopian capital … Read More
Category: Politics
The African Magazine provides first-hand information about U.S.-Africa relations in politics, economy, and relations between Africa and black America, and the black Diaspora,
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe hosts summit on security issues
BY MODUPE ABIOLA The president of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe, hosted his peers from West and Central Africa yesterday for a one-day summit meeting in Lome, the capital of the small … Read More
Popular outcry over Talon’s new attempt to amend the constitution
BY JIBRIL TURE UPDATED ON 31 JULY 2018 The brutal rejection in April 2017 by the Benin parliament of a vast constitutional amendment initiated by President Patrice Talon came down … Read More
Obama voted best U.S. president of the past 85 years
BY LOU SIFA In a survey that polled a sampling of 2,002 adults between 5 and 12 June, a Washington-based polling institution, the Pew Research Center, came up with the … Read More
President Ouattara’s possible run for a third term spells trouble
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU UPDATED ON 4 JULY 2018 On 30 October 2016, Ivorian voters approved a new constitution which reaffirmed the two-term limit of the previous one. So, when President … Read More
Gambling business looking for new markets in Africa
BY LOU SIFA According to a customized research led by MECN, the gambling business is expected to grow in the next years in the African market. The firm published their … Read More
When the poor sponsor the rich: Rwanda and Arsenal FC
BY FILIP REYNTJENS Rwanda keeps surprising. Recently the Rwandan Development Board signed a sleeve sponsoring deal with London Premier League club, Arsenal. Over a three-year period, the 200 sq centimetre ad “Visit … Read More
Beninese fear their democracy may soon be under attack
BY LOU SIFA (Updated on 2 June.) Checks and balances—a notion rooted in the separation of powers to ensure no one branch of government has too much power to be … Read More
U.S. Secretary of State reaffirms U.S. ties with Nigeria
BY IDRISS SESAY In a phone call yesterday to Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, the new U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, reaffirmed the longstanding relationship between Nigeria and the United … Read More
President Trump hosts Nigeria’s president Buhari at the White House
BY JIBRIL TURE President Donald Trump today hosted the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, as his first African guest at the White House. The much-anticipated meeting, which came barely three … Read More