Cote d’Ivoire hopes for a peaceful presidential election
BY JIBRIL TURE Ivorian citizens will go to the polls this fall to elect a new president or re-elect the sitting president, Alassane Ouattara, as well as other national and … Read More
Category: Politics
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Young African Leaders Initiative Summit ends in Washington
BY DEDE-YIFI A three-day gathering of the Mandela-Washington fellows of the Youth African Leaders Initiative or YALI, an initiative launched five years ago by President Obama, ended Wednesday in Washington … Read More
In hope Buhari inspires others
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The recent peaceful political transition in Nigeria has been extensively discussed, so let me not beat a dead horse. But President Buhari is in Washington this week, … Read More
Obama meets with new Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari at the White House
BY JIBRIL TURE Barely seven weeks after his May 29’s swearing-in, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, at the invitation of U.S. president Barack Obama, started on Monday a four-day visit to … Read More
Is President Obama supporting dictatorship and tyranny in Africa?
BY JIBRIL TURE “Mr. Obama is supporting a dictatorship and giving legitimacy to tyranny,” Serkalem Selassie, 39, a refugee from Ethiopia living in Arlington, near Washington, D.C. reportedly told Washington … Read More
Obama scores high approval rates worldwide, especially in Africa
BY SUE B. SIMON With the exception of Russia, and as a result of the tension between the West and Russia where President Obama’s approval rate dropped from 51% in … Read More
John Kerry heads U.S. delegation at President Buhari’s swearing-in
BY JIBRIL TURE The U.S. delegation at this Friday’s swearing-in ceremony of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja was headed by Secretary of State John Kerry who was accompanied by Gen. … Read More
Buhari expected to take Nigeria (and Africa) to a better destination
BY MODUPE ABIOLA ABUJA, NIGERIA: If President Obasanjo’s swearing-in on May 29, 1999, which signaled the return of democracy to Africa’s most populous (now wealthiest) nation, was hailed as a … Read More
Why Obama’s “interference” in the recent Nigerian presidential election
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The recent fair and peaceful presidential election in Nigeria in which the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, lost to the opposition candidate, former president and retired general Muhammadu … Read More
The stage is set for a new presidential election in Cote d’Ivoire
BY PETER SESAY More than six thousand delegates of Cote d’Ivoire’s ruling party, the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), on Sunday, March 22 nominated their party’s leader, President Alassane D. … Read More