By Barry Malone Amid conflict, there is hope in growing economies in Africa [Reuters] As conflict continues to make the news across the African continent, the youth remain hopeful. It was a... Read more
By Maggie Michael Egyptian security forces fire tear gas to disperse supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi as they protest at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 27, 20... Read more
By Jason Straziuso and Tom Odula Following the coup attempt in South Sudan, crowds taking refuge at UN campus near the Juba airport on December 18, 2013. (Photo by UNMISS-Pool/Anadolu Agency... Read more
By Jaye Gaskia Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s finance minister Let me begin with a confession; I am no economist, so some of the ways of budgeting may indeed be strange to me. Let me use as... Read more
By Chris Huntington For about 10 years, I worked full time in prisons as a teacher, logging more than 40 hours a week behind those fences, including a long winter at one facility that had be... Read more
By Sophie Inge French comic Dieudonne Mbala arrives for a trial at the Paris courthouse on December 13th on the charges of defamation, insults, incentive to hate and discrimination. Photo: J... Read more
By Chido Onumah I have refrained from commenting on the pact between the All Progressives Alliance (APC) and the “new PDP” because, to some extent, I am involved. While the merger proc... Read more
Open air kitchens. Nigerian refugees preparing meals at the Minawao camp in the Far North Region of Cameroon. Thousands of Nigerians have been forced from their homes by the Boko Haram insur... Read more
In spite of the shortness of the notice, the Symposium on Mandela and the Unfinished Revolution in Africa held on Friday, the 20th of December 2013 recorded a decent attendance and was marke... Read more
By Nnimmo Bassey The festive atmosphere in Nigeria has been filled with intense conversations and debates raised by certain communications that were supposedly restricted, “confidential” or... Read more
