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
BY USMAN MAMA Picked in February as the 2017 winner of the Ibrahim Prize, the former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, today received the prestigious award in Kigali, Rwanda. The … Read More
BY ALAN GREEN Christian N. Adovelandé, chairman and CEO of the West African Development Bank, has made an outstanding impact on the financial institution, proving to be one of the … Read More
BY ALAN GREEN The West African Development Bank, BOAD, was established in November 1973 to provide adequate financing for the implementation of development programs in the eight-nation West African Economic … Read More
BY COBUS VAN STADEN China’s decision to suspend presidential term limits is still reverberating around the world. The announcement, made after a vote by China’s parliament in March, prompted some commentators to … Read More
BY ALAN GREEN Currently on a state visit to China, Namibia’s president, Hage Geingob, refuted the widely-held view that China’s relations with African countries are tantamount to colonization. In the … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE A high-profile meeting between Côte d’Ivoire’s president Alassane Dramane Ouattara and the country’s speaker of the parliament, Guillaume Soro, at the presidential palace in Abidjan on 3 … Read More
BY SERGES N’GUESSANT PHOTOGRAPHY BY KOUASSI TOTO KOFFI The Market for Abidjan Performing Arts, MASA, held March 10-17 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, showcased the breathtaking talents of hundreds of artists … Read More
BY TED THORNHILL The need for students to learn about racism in American society existed long before I began teaching a course called “White Racism” at Florida Gulf Coast University earlier … Read More
BY SUE B. SIMON The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP (the largest civil rights organization in the United States) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the … Read More
