Comment & analysis

A conference of the African Union in Addis Ababa agreed the other week to set up a five-nation regional task force to combat the Islamist terror army of Boko Haram, which is tearing apart Nigeria and Cameroon and now has its sights set on Chad.

Most historians generally regard the 1884 Berlin Conference as the index point on the scramble for Africa continuum and it is by all means a continuum.

A new report shows that the farmers are being forced off the land they have farmed for generations to make way for US company to Dominion Farms to establish a 30,000 hectare rice plantation.

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or total removal of the female genitalia. It is an extreme and violent form of discrimination and violates the rights of women and girls to equality, bodily integrity and dignity.

David Green CB QC, Director
Serious Fraud Office,
2-­4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5BS

Dear Mr.Green,

African leaders have elected Robert Mugabe as chairman of the African Union (AU). His election was received with mixed reactions; some hailed it as the right decision, while others called it a step backward for Africa.

Early January, Russia and four other ex-Soviet republics completed finally the creation of a new economic alliance intended to bolster their integration.

Sixty years ago my Dad, Mom, my sisters and I sat on our camp chairs in the sand of the smallholding Dad called his farm just outside of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Together we watched the sun setting, the warmth of our braai fire at our backs.

INTRODUCTION

‘Lies may be flying for decades but one minute of truth would catch up with them and overtake them’. —A Yoruba proverb