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
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
By Jibril Ture At the White House on Wednesday, President Obama met with the heads of state of the three West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic, Liberia’s … Read More
By Sam Salifou Our country has had great and not-so-great presidents. Typical of our diverse society where out of many we make one, there is really no consensus over who … Read More
In a continent-wide survey, The African’s contributors Ruth Aine Tindyebwa, Amadou Ba and Peter Mahundi put this question to Africans from all walks of life: What, specifically, do you think … Read More
BY ALAN GREEN “We saw that during colonial times, it’s easy to come in, take out natural resources, pay off leaders and leave. And when you leave, you don’t leave …
For a while, the upheavals of the world ground to a halt to give its full meaning to the historic inauguration of the Democratic candidate elected president of the United …
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU In an interview with The African’s senior writer Soumanou Salifou, The Hon. Moses M. Wetang’ula, Member of Parliament and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, discusses the …
BY DEDE YI-FEE Until Sen. Barack Obama humbly and emotionally told a black congregation gathered in March 2007 at the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama for a …
BY RICHARD KUMBA Just six hours after President-elect Barack Obama took the oath of office at 12:04 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, thus taking a huge step into history …
