BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU It’s no secret that Donald Trump is a fundamentally racist man. The facts speak for themselves and there is no need to list them here, other than … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU In the wee hours of November 9, 2016 our democracy tripped, and a man with dangerous behaviors and frightful ideas claimed victory. Today, the proclaimed winner, a … Read More
BY AMBASSADOR ROGATIEN BIAOU Former Benin Foreign Minister President Barack Obama’s tenure was a historical one. First and foremost, it was the first time in history that a person of … Read More
BY CHRISTOPHER SEBASTIAN PARKER Many presidents have assumed the reins of a divided nation, but we’ve never seen anything like the reaction to Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential election. It …
BY LOU SIFA People across Africa are disappointed—some outraged—by the Obama administration’s contribution to the killing of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on October 20, 2011 during the final battle … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Founder & Publisher of “The African” Bleeding heavily everywhere from self-inflicted wounds of proven women’s groping and blatant racist statements, and limping all the way to the … Read More
BY JULIUS AMIN Fifty six years ago, John F. Kennedy made 479 references to Africa during the US presidential campaign. He observed that America had lost ground on the continent … Read More
BY USMAN MAMA For the first time since becoming president of the United States seven years ago, Barack Obama this Wednesday visited a U.S. mosque in a show of solidarity … Read More
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
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
