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Thabo Mbeki: “The relationship between African and its ex-colonizers is illegal!”

Thabo Mbeki: “The relationship between African and its ex-colonizers is illegal!”

Charity begins at home, and Africans need to take the first bold steps to deal with problems affecting them instead of depending on the...
EU agencies promote Aquaculture to fight against hunger in poor countries

EU agencies promote Aquaculture to fight against hunger in poor countries

An international initiative to create awareness on the role of aquaculture in food security in poor countries has been launched; the program will bring...
The weekend of Africans in Europe

The weekend of Africans in Europe

In the five major European championships, Africans in Europe performs differently. If Thierry Dubai and Alain Traoré ensured the show in Ligue...
KPMG hosts “transacting in Africa” discussion panel

KPMG hosts “transacting in Africa” discussion panel

JOHANNESBURG, 30 July 2012 – With the 'Great Africa Business Migration' well under way, discussions around the realities of doing business on the continent...
Prices, profits and planning – the teaching of Hayek

Prices, profits and planning – the teaching of Hayek

The insights of Frederick Hayek concerning thedevelopment of modern human society have contributed greatly to our understanding of the relationshipbetween law, economics and politics. They...
African Farmers are Desperate for Change

African Farmers are Desperate for Change

The use of GM (genetically modified) food crops is a highly emotive issue. What should influence the debate between those who support these developments...
New Winds of Change Blowing in the Developing World

New Winds of Change Blowing in the Developing World

The developing world has long lent itself to political soundbites, often with a tone of despair. It wasn’t too long ago that Henry Kissinger...
Royal Wedding article from Al Jazeera’s wedding correspondent

Royal Wedding article from Al Jazeera’s wedding correspondent

In his Confessions St Augustine describes how, when studying in Rome, he was persuaded by friends to go to the Colloseum to watch the...
Burqa Ban: Islamophobia verses the Enlightenment

Burqa Ban: Islamophobia verses the Enlightenment

Writing during a period of great religious conflict, John Locke stated that the “toleration of those that differ from others in matters of religion...
The Last Straw (Part 2)

The Last Straw (Part 2)

“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”-Maureen Dowd, American author and columnist. The other day...
The Last Straw

The Last Straw

Everyone knew that it would happen sooner or later, that despite my seemingly unshakeable optimism and avowed faith in Ghana’s ability to become an...
Somalia: Rebuilding a stateless country’s piracy-driven economy

Somalia: Rebuilding a stateless country’s piracy-driven economy

Maritime piracy costs the global economy between $7 billion and $12 billion annually, and since January 2010 pirates working from ports in Somalia have...
Libya: Uganda offers Muammar Gaddafi refuge

Libya: Uganda offers Muammar Gaddafi refuge

Uganda has freely offered embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi refuge in Uganda as diplomats attempt to persuade the defiant leader to leave office without...
Pro-Gaddafi Africans protest as Coalition forces gain momentum

Pro-Gaddafi Africans protest as Coalition forces gain momentum

As world leaders met Tuesday in London to discuss the Libyan situation, hundreds of members of a group called Pan Africanists from Uganda and...
Watching out for Franco-Nigerian singer, Asa

Watching out for Franco-Nigerian singer, Asa

Similar to the British Invasion of the 1960s, a Nigerian Invasion of musical acts has been scoring success in the Anglophone world for decades:...
Of Western hypocrisy, Obdurate tyrants and Changing times

Of Western hypocrisy, Obdurate tyrants and Changing times

As the Bob Dylan song goes, the times they are “achanging”. But, do the lowly tyrants and dictators of our world, or those Western...
Libya’s oil promises amid Gaddafi defections

Libya’s oil promises amid Gaddafi defections

Libyan rebels certain of victory over Muammar Gaddafi and his forces have promised to begin exporting oil in less than a week. The rebel...
Southern African countries zero in on Gaddafi assets

Southern African countries zero in on Gaddafi assets

Following South Africa's decision to freeze all Gaddafi’s assets in accordance with UN Security Council resolution Zambia has sought clarification on whether the resolution...
Responsibility to Protect: A moral case for the U.S and its allies in Libya

Responsibility to Protect: A moral case for the U.S and its allies in Libya

Because somebody has to stand up against tyranny and oppressive governments, I disagree with the several African leaders who have parochially condemned the international...
Gaddafi writes to African leaders to intervene in Libya

Gaddafi writes to African leaders to intervene in Libya

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly written to several African presidents requesting them to urge USA and its allies to stop their air strikes on his...
Military Intervention in Libya and The other side of International Diplomacy

Military Intervention in Libya and The other side of International Diplomacy

My bigger brother Desmond recounted an experience he once had in the city of Stuttgart where he is undertaking further studies in the field...
Arab League discusses Libyan situation as strikes hit Gaddafi compound

Arab League discusses Libyan situation as strikes hit Gaddafi compound

The Arab League has met in Egypt to discuss the situation in Libya and a possible collaborative approach with the West over the ongoing...
Libya: France gets ready to intervene militarily

Libya: France gets ready to intervene militarily

The propensity for a military intervention in Libya is at its highest, and while the motive is simply to stop Libyans' legitimate aspiration for...
Cigarettes: Smoking out your life

Cigarettes: Smoking out your life

Just one cigarette and the risk of developing lung cancer is already at your door! According to an American study, less than 30 minutes...
Listeria: A biological hacker in the human immune system

Listeria: A biological hacker in the human immune system

It appears that a bacterial protein may be able to penetrate the cell nucleus and reprogramme the genes responsible for activating our immune system....
When a mother’s voice soothes a baby

When a mother’s voice soothes a baby

Is there really any point in mothers-to-be to talking to their unborn child during pregnancy? According to Canadian researchers, the answer to this is...
Libya: Towards Sudan’s Darfur type conflict?

Libya: Towards Sudan’s Darfur type conflict?

Increasing civilian casualties in the conflict between Libya’s government forces and freedom fighters has led observers to classify Libya as the next Sudan. Authorities...
Libya: U.S, Germany, China and Russia not ready for war

Libya: U.S, Germany, China and Russia not ready for war

United States President Barrack Obama has remained defiant to pressure demanding him to recognize the Libyan rebel council as a legitimate government and support...
Libya’s failing revolution

Libya’s failing revolution

Muammar Gaddafi is on the verge of thwarting the three-week old revolution in Libya as his troops and mercenaries continue to reclaim areas initially...
Finding Gaddafi’s hidden fortune

Finding Gaddafi’s hidden fortune

The Gaddafi clan's opaque financial empire has been ingeniously created by virtue of a complex fragmentation of accounts and investments; A strategy designed to...