Governance

The international system has long become inured to the relentless hiccup of African insecurity malaise. Major clichés and few strong allegories conjure up the spasms of this ongoing malaise to the point of oversimplifying the field of African security.

I want to believe that His Excellency President John Mahama is an honourable man. I also like to believe that, in theory, when people are appointed to public offices, they have a moral and legal duty to protect the nation’s assets for the next generation of Ghanaians.

The fact that the United States has a long and torrid history of backing terrorist groups will surprise only those who watch the news and ignore history.

A hazard facing mass movements is the NGO-ization of resistance. It will be easy to twist what I’m about to say into an indictment of all NGOs. That would be a falsehood.

The British are mystified by their Muslim citizens becoming “jihadists” and joining the so-called Islamic State. They are horrified by the beheading of an American journalist by “John” a British citizen and member of the IS.

In order to address Africa’s poor agricultural productivity international players are intent on criminalising traditional seed saving practices.

We are going to war again in Iraq and expanding the bombing to Syria, the seventh country in the Middle East to be graced with American bombings since 2001 (not including Gaza-Palestine, where American bombs are piloted by Israeli largesse). We’re doing this why?

Fred M’membe, the publisher of The Post newspaper of Zambia, is accused of having committed the crime of willfully and deliberately not meeting tax liabilities since 2011, when the Patriotic Front (PF) government came to power in Zambia.

Today’s events in the UK could turn out to be a political earthquake – the break up of the imperialist war mongering British state. The people of Scotland are voting in a referendum on independence.

In the late 1980s, the Muslim faith in Britain was seen as a beautiful and exotic religion, with mosques almost being seen as part of the attraction sites in the British capital.