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The only sunny side to the gloomy Ese Oruru saga is that her abductor, Yunusa Dahiru aka ‘Yellow’, did not turn out to be one of the low-level recruiters for Boko Haram or ISIS on the prowl. Whether he eloped with or actually abducted Ese, the young chap behaved irresponsibly.

The establishment of the AU in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) seemed, to many analysts of African affairs, as a strong determination of African leaders to deal with issues related to governance and social and economic development among others that the OAU was unabl

Last year the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) and The Guardian newspaper launched the Efua Dorkenoo Pan African Award for Journalists reporting on FGM across the African continent.

The event will give participants a rare opportunity to hear firsthand
from Women Human Rights Defenders doing work on Extractives in Latin America,
Africa and South East Asia

[NOTE: This keynote address by Abayomi Azikiwe was delivered at the Annual African American History Month public meeting held on Saturday, February 27, 2016 and sponsored by Workers World Party Detroit branch.

Tribute to Amilcar Cabral by Poet Espirito Santo

‘If I should die tomorrow, nothing will change in the inevitable evolution of the struggle of our people and our victory’. Amílcar Cabral. [1]

His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma

President of the Republic of Sierra Leone

Chancellor and Visitor to the University of Sierra Leone
State House
State Avenue
Freetown, Sierra Leone.

February 3, 2016


Dear President Koroma,

In an alarming development that illustrates how Europe is adopting police and even military solutions to what it sees as its "migrant crisis" – and reflects the real underlying world crises – Nato has sent warships to the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey.

Dear Mr. President,