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STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE is one missing ingredient in the thinking of most African leaders. To match the constantly changing demands on the world economy and to remain a continent to reckon with, leaders of African countries need a change of thinking. Those who are confident but complacent about their natural resources endowments miss one essential point: […]

GEORGE WEAH, LIBERIA’S incumbent president, contested for a re-election in last Tuesday, but was defeated in the second round of voting in his country’s presidential election. Without much ado, he conceded defeat, saying democracy has won in that troubled West African country. Eight months earlier in this same year, in Nigeria, another West African country, […]

TWO MAJOR TERMINOLOGIES that have assumed prominence in global geopolitical and social settings are “antisemitism” and “islamophobia.” Events over the years have shown many things about these two expressions arising over events emanating from the Middle East, a region that is made up of about 190 million people, of which 43 million — or 23 […]

IF HOSTING A MAJOR EVENT is any strong indication of participation in the discussions on issues in that event, then Africa could very well be said to have made a good showing on climate talks last year. The hosting of Conference of Parties (COP) 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, a city on the southern tip of […]

IF HOSTING A MAJOR EVENT is any strong indication of participation in the discussions on issues in that event, then Africa could very well be said to have made a good showing on climate talks last year. The hosting of Conference of Parties (COP) 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, a city on the southern tip of […]

RECENT ATTACK ON ISRAEL by the Hamas armed militia of Palestinian stock in power from the Gaza Strip and the subsequent counteroffensive by Israel hold some significant lessons for nations on diplomacy, security and hostility management on the need to avoid putting the unarmed in harm’s way by those holding the reins of power. More […]

A MAJOR REGIONAL CONFLICT is going on in the Middle East that has the potential of lingering for a while. It has many signs of what will turn out to be of wider ramifications for the region and beyond. To begin with, the humanitarian impacts are becoming evident as the civilian population is now being […]

NIAMEY, CAPITAL CITY OF Niger Republic, hosted the 12th Extraordinary summit of the African Union on July 7, 2019 in which Africa successfully launched the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which entered into force five weeks earlier on May 30. Fifteen months before Niamey, in Kigali, Rwanda, the AfCFTA agreement […]

JULY 26, 2023 MAY have become a watershed in foreign military interventions as well as bilateral and multilateral relations in Africa. That a foreign country was told to withdraw its ambassador and armed forces was not new. What was new, however, was the speed and tenacity with which the foreign soldiers and ambassadors were told […]