Obama was just another U.S. president
BY KOFFI SENAME An architect I didn’t really follow Obama’s presidency. It was a good thing to have a black president, which is proof that black people have the capacity … Read More
Tag: u.s.-africa relations
Obama’s legacy to Africa: a mixed bag
BY CHAMBI CHACHAGE A Havard Ph.D. student and a business historian Obama gave a lot of hope to people of African descent all over the world. Globally, Africans had been … Read More
The African at twenty-five
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Before I took advantage of a high-profile, glamorous event held at the Washington, D.C. Sheraton hotel on October 6, 1994 to launch The African Magazine, a publication … Read More
Lessons Buhari can learn from Obama about managing a tough economy
BY STEPHEN ONYEIWU It is atypical for an American president to invite a nascent African head of state to the White House, especially less than one month after the latter’s inauguration. …
Obama meets with new Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari at the White House
BY JIBRIL TURE Barely seven weeks after his May 29’s swearing-in, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, at the invitation of U.S. president Barack Obama, started on Monday a four-day visit to … Read More
Is President Obama supporting dictatorship and tyranny in Africa?
BY JIBRIL TURE “Mr. Obama is supporting a dictatorship and giving legitimacy to tyranny,” Serkalem Selassie, 39, a refugee from Ethiopia living in Arlington, near Washington, D.C. reportedly told Washington … Read More
Obama scores high approval rates worldwide, especially in Africa
BY SUE B. SIMON With the exception of Russia, and as a result of the tension between the West and Russia where President Obama’s approval rate dropped from 51% in … Read More
Obama’s visit to Kenya: why Africa matters to America
BY SCOTT FIRSING Preparations are underway for US President Barack Obama to once again visit Africa. In July, he will become the first American president to visit Kenya. Ahead of …
John Kerry heads U.S. delegation at President Buhari’s swearing-in
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
Buhari expected to take Nigeria (and Africa) to a better destination
BY MODUPE ABIOLA ABUJA, NIGERIA: If President Obasanjo’s swearing-in on May 29, 1999, which signaled the return of democracy to Africa’s most populous (now wealthiest) nation, was hailed as a … Read More