Governance

After years of overlooking the real needs of the Somali people, it was significant, longed-for change that Somalia’s statebuilding featured in the strategic agenda of the key actors of the International Community (IC), namely the G8 powers [1] in their ministerial meeting held in London on April

A freely discussed nation is a well-resolved nation. Therefore, an un-discussed nation is an un-resolved nation that has no business with peace. Since January 1914, when Nigeria was created by Britain, several fundamental ethno-religious issues have been acting to tear the country apart.

Edmund Burke, the British statesman and philosopher, said ‘Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.’ We’ve heard many promises on human rights in Africa from President Obama and his administration over the past four years.

Swaziland is going through its worst media freedom crisis in living memory following the conviction of a magazine editor for writing and publishing material that criticised the courts and judiciary.

KANO AS AN ANCIENT TRADING CITY

President Ouattara has been forced by the need to hold some form of plebiscite to demonstrate that his French-imposed presidency of the country has some legitimacy in the Ivory Coast.

The war appears almost won and almost lost. For months on end, advocates and opponents of amnesty for members of the Boko Haram sect have made strong submissions to press their case.

The World Bank’s working definition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is 'Private organizations that pursue activities to relieve suffering, promote the interests of the poor, protect the environment, provide basic social services or undertake community development.' But many people now as

The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) has just released a follow-up to its controversial report Every Thirty-six Hours, published last year, which was a gruesome compilation of killings of Black people in the U S MXGM characterized these killings, which took place in streets, houses, gated-com

Press release
Nairobi, 22 April 2013