World From Africa | Intervention

Wolf Reader Explodes on Jega, Campion’s Essay on African EMBs Following Enugu Guber NYSC Ruling

Posted By: adminon: November 08, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: 'Empty signifier', Carter Center, CCMG, ECG, ECZ, Enugu governorship election petitionNo CommentsViews:

A reader who can be called a wolf warrior is so provoked by the first part of this review of Professor Attahiru Jega and Campion’s essay on the state of election management bodies (EMBs) in... Read more

Jega and Campion’s Revealing Essay on African EMBs in the Era of Democratic Backsliding

Posted By: adminon: November 05, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: DEMOCRACY, INEC, SAJIA, Sub-Saharan Africa, ‘Authoritarian resurgence’ ‘Democratic recession’, ‘Autocratising countries, ‘Backsliding’No CommentsViews:

With many hailing the Appeal Court as obviously more mindful of the legitimacy and survival of the system in the way they handle election petitions in Nigeria of late (with many expecting mo... Read more

Can Tanzania Join Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa on Visa-free Policy?

Posted By: adminon: November 03, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Dr Tajudeen Abdulraheem, Europeans, Kenya, President Paul Kagame, President William Ruto, SOUTH AFRICA, Tanzania, Visa-free policyNo CommentsViews:

Rwanda is granting visa to Africans on arrival in the country. Paul Kagame, the president made this known by himself. Kenya, her neighbour, is following that pathway. The two will be joined... Read more

Establishing Priorities in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy

Posted By: adminon: October 14, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Atlantic Ocean, ECOWAS, Europe, Middle East, Nigerian missions, RECs, The AmericasNo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki Understanding the drivers of Nigeria’s foreign policy and the determinants of the national interest is an important activity that should occupy our passing mo... Read more

NIIA Enters ‘Africa in international relations’ Controversy

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Africa in international relations, African agency, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Russia – Ukraine WarNo CommentsViews:

‘Africa in International Relations’ as well as ‘Africa in international relations’ are both in a state of controversy. But the controversy over ‘Africa in international relations’ is our con... Read more

Electoral Spasms in Liberia As EOM Calls for Calm?

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Capitalist democracy, ECOWAS, ELECTION, EOM, Liberia, NIGERIA, Oxfam, Socialism, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:

The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission in the presidential and legislative elections in Liberia is suing for calm. A statement titled “Preliminary Declaration – Liberia General Elections” p... Read more

Can Goodluck Jonathan’s WAEF & Attahiru Jega’s EOM Make an African Exception of the October 2023 Elections in Liberia?

Posted By: adminon: October 08, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Capitalist democracy, ECOWAS, ELECTION, EOM, Liberia, NIGERIA, Oxfam, Socialism, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:

The stakes are high, not only because two signifying individuals in democratic practice in Africa are involved but also because democracy itself is in a stalemate. Democracy has been mobilis... Read more

The Global South in the ‘New International Economic Order’: Fifty Years On

Posted By: adminon: September 25, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: 'Third World', BRICS, G-20, G-77/China, NAM, UNCTADNo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki The 3rd Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Nations held in Lusaka, Zambia, in September 1970, and the Second Ministerial Meeting of the... Read more

Africa + 1: Stepping Back from a Costly Pragmatism

Posted By: adminon: July 25, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: 'Articulatory turn', Africa, Diplomacy, E-IR, Political ScienceNo CommentsViews:

The Bristol (UK) based E-IR has accepted and published this piece “Africa + 1: Stepping Back from a Costly Pragmatism”. The article is basically a critical engagement with the decision... Read more

Nigerian Marxists Plan Big on Centenary of Lenin’s Death

Posted By: adminon: July 24, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, BRICS, Karl Marx, Marxism – Leninism, USSRNo CommentsViews:

Marxist – Leninists in Nigeria appear to be among the first set of the faithful across the world to announce a programme of commemoration of the centenary of the passing of Vladimir Le... Read more