Governance

The world’s governments are preparing to finalise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations this month.

We always accuse the leaders of African countries of being corrupt and of not working in the interest of their citizens. However, even if they wanted to be honest leaders, they would not be able to do so.

A highly fluid political situation has been developing in the West African state of Burkina Faso after an elite military unit seized power on September 17, just weeks ahead of a scheduled national election on October 11.

Lawyers do dumb things. Presidents do dumber things. Lawyer-presidents do dumbest things. Disclaimer: I have done dumb things myself. And I have paid for them and I keep paying for them. Thus this article is not written from a holier-than-thou perspective.

Nigerians waited for so long to get the public declaration of assets of President Muhammadu Buhari and when it came two weeks ago via a press statement by Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity, it left much to be desired.

Try holding your breath long enough and your lungs will feel like will explode. The fact is, this is impossible to do for an unusual period of time, because we were not created that way. Even expert divers have their limits.

NAIROBI, 22 SEPTEMBER 2015 - Ethiopian authorities should immediately drop all charges and release a former World Bank translator and two other local activists charged under Ethiopia's repressive anti-terrorism law after trying to attend a worksho

“In Natal, apartheid is a deadly cancer in our midst, setting house against house, and eating away at the precious ties that bound us together. This strife among ourselves wastes our energy and destroys our unity.

We, the undersigned, belong to civil society organizations including social movements, peasants/farmers organizations and faith-based organizations from around the world.