BY GILBERT M. KHADIAGALA Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration as Nigeria’s president presents new opportunities for reinvigorating relations between Nigeria and South Africa, the continent’s biggest economies. Since the 1990s, the collective leadership of …
By Jibril Ture The president of Senegal, Macky Sall, told the press on Tuesday in Dakar that he intends to organize a referendum next year to reduce the term length … Read More
By Usman Mama The outgoing president of Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba, was named Monday the winner of the Mo Ibrahim Prize aimed at rewarding African leaders for good governance. During the … Read More
By Jibril Ture After one day of violent demonstrations in objection to Burkina Faso’s president Blaise Compaore’s plan to amend the constitution to extend his grips on power, the head …
By Samir Salifou Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa has followed a slow, arduous and sometimes painful path. After achieving independence in the 1960s, most African states have not fully transitioned to … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU When the Central African Republic’s rebels with the beautiful name Séléka toppled the country’s president, François Bozizé, on March 24, 2013, they did nothing but have Bozizé …
BY MODUPE ABIOLA The sub-Saharan African population is composed of about fifty percent of men and fifty percent of women; but men, up to a decade ago, overwhelmingly dominated the …
By Lou Sifa U.S. President Barack Obama on July 29 hosted four French-speaking West African presidents at the White House who, he said, have “shown extraordinary persistence in wanting to …
BY LOU SIFA AND RAISSA GBEDJI On June 13, 2005, after a high-profile White House meeting with five Sub-Saharan African presidents, an upbeat President George W. Bush told a White …
By John Mukendi Long before most African countries became independent in the early sixties, there was the Pan-African movement which sought to promote solidarity among Blacks worldwide, in a concerted …
