Africa is high on the G20 summit agenda. But will Trump do what thwart progress?

BY JOHN J. TREMLAU When G20 leaders meet in Hamburg in early July they face a problem not on their formal agenda: how to work around Donald Trump. The US president disdains … Read More

Trump should first develop a good relationship with America itself

BY KOLAWOLE ANTOINE IDJI Legislator, former Speaker of the Benin Parliament former Foreign Minister I’d like to assess Barack Obama’s legacy on two levels: his contribution to the American society, … Read More

Grudge over the killing of Muammar Gaddafi

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

President Trump? The gods must be crazy!

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

Why the surge of anti-black racism during Obama’s presidency?

BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The second trending item on Yahoo! for a good part of the day on October 24th, 2012—that is 12 days before the November 6th, 2012 U.S. presidential …


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