Archive (filtered on keywords "opinion")
OPINION: On President Jacob Zuma and leadership05/09Nothing has captured the conflicting forces at work in contemporary SA as eloquently as what has come to be known as the Marikana Massacre of August…
UN Monitoring Group, politics of "Good Governance"02/08Since its inception, the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia (and Eritrea) has been rolling over controversies, mainly in its reporting, sourcing, and unsu…
Is mental slavery haunting Africa’s development?30/07The scramble for Africa: Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 to Divide Africa Meeting at the Berlin residence of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1884, the …
Timbuktu: A city losing its soul13/07In late June of this year, members of the Islamist organization, Ansar Dine, desecrated and destroyed the 16th century tomb of the Sufi Muslim saint, …
OPINION: Who wants tobacco business dead in Africa?10/07In recent weeks there have been growing controversies over the dynamics of tobacco business in Africa, with sustained interests in the fate of tobacco…
OPINION: Why Malawi is attached Kamuzu08/07Friday July 6 this year marked 48 years since Malawi attained independence from Britain and whenever Malawians follow the country's historic jour…
Liberia: A tribute to Tom Kamara11/06While in Monrovia last month, I met with Tom Kamara, the Managing Editor of the New Democrat, one of Liberia’s best known and independent…
OPINION: Shifting sands: The ascent of Salafism11/06On November 28th 2011, the people of Egypt went to the polls and began the process through which they would choose the new members of the People&#…
OPINION: Malawi and Western African agenda21/05When you keep on begging you are likely to end up abused as well as taken advantage of.
Taylor verdict: A valuable precedent?08/05A judge from the tiny Samoan archipelago made history by declaring that Charles Taylor, the deposed president of the West African state of Liberia was…
Thoughts on the Charles Taylor verdict02/05I have been asked by many people about my views on the conviction, on 26 April, of Charles Taylor, Liberia's former president, for aiding and abe…- Set Charles Taylor free?30/04The most historic news of this century is easily the verdict against Liberia’s Charles Taylor by the Special Court for Sierra Leone at The…
- Reflections on the conviction of Taylor28/04Five years after the beginning of the 'Taylor trial' and after having heard nearly 100 witnesses, the judges of the Special Court for Sierra…
- OPINION: Mali - A different view of the Tuaregs25/04They say that truth is the first casualty of war. Reports covering the heartbreaking civil unrest in northern Mali portray the rebelling Tuareg nomad…
Bingu wa Mutharika: Statesman misunderstood24/04The hopes, fears, bitterness, joys, anguish and national wishes of the past eight years centered upon the heart of this one, mortal Malawian man.- OPINION: Rise of the Tuaregs20/04An old Tuareg proverb says, "Better to walk without knowing where, than to sit doing nothing." On January 17th, 2012 the relatively stable a…
OPINION: Africa and nuclear relevance18/04The West is clearly determined that North Korea shall not become a nuclear state. Indeed in March 2012 a Global Nuclear Security Summit was convened …- OPINION: Democracy, freedom and Mali02/04The coup in Mali on March 21 2012 has reversed 21 years of democracy.
Refugees: Issues, semantics in SA’s politics of race02/04We usually associate the word refugees with major human disasters where natural or man-made catastrophes cause masses of people to abandon their…
It is crucial to “De-Nairobify” Somali affairs27/03For a number of years, Nairobi (Kenya) has been the de facto capital of Somalia after the State has disintegrated into anarchy. It has been where Soma…
