Governance

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.

ABSTRACT

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.

January 12 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), a renowned playwright who was also a political activist on the Left.

These are perturbing times. On the eve of what promised to be Nigeria’s fiercest election, one that has set the country on edge, it is important that we sound alarm bells.

BEVERLY BELL: Please give us your vision of power.

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

Dear Mr.Green,

Ambassador Erica Barks-Ruggles
The United States Embassy in Rwanda
2657 Avenue de la Gendarmerie (Kacyiru)
P.O. Box 28
Kigali
RWANDA

Your Excellency,

Much debate in the recent past in scholarly spaces has revealed the failure of the Millennium Development Goals to achieve its aims based on a lack of focus on historical and structural factors not being taken into account at their conception.

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.