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Bingham University Set to Crack Instability Under Democratic Setting in Africa

Posted By: adminon: December 24, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Australia, Bingham University, Cultural pluralism, DEMOCRACY, Ghana, Instability, SOUTH AFRICA, The HagueNo CommentsViews:

Bingham University on the outskirt of Abuja in Nigeria has set aside March 5th to 8th, 2025 for an international conference on “political instability and the crisis of development in Africa.... Read more

The New Spirit of Africa: Ethiopian Airlines Rules Africa’s Skies

Posted By: adminon: December 15, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Air Maroc, and Brazil, Argentina, Asky Airlines, Chile, cities in most Middle Eastern and Asian countries, Colombia in Latin America, Complete Ethiopianisation, EgyptAir, International business practices, Kenya Airways, Poland, Russia, South African Airways, West European countriesNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura A silent revolution is taking place in Africa’s aviation industry. For the first time ever, there is a clear and unrivalled superpower that has taken control of Africa’s ski... Read more

40 Years After Idiagbon’s Terrifying Invitation Following My Inaugural Lecture in 1984 – Prof Anthony Asiwaju

On December 12th, 1984 starting from 4 pm at the University of Lagos, Prof Anthony Asiwaju, then the Dean of the university’s Faculty of Arts, delivered an Inaugural Lecture crisply titled A... Read more

Trauma, Fantasy and Hegemony in Comprehending Prof Jibrin Ibrahim’s 70th Birthday

Posted By: adminon: December 14, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: 'Critical distance’, 2nd International, Africa, Anthropocene, Bolaji Akinyemi, Fantasy, Halford Mackinder, Hegemony, Intellectuals of statecraft, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, SAP, TraumaNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It seems safe to assume that the 70th birthday anniversary of Prof Jibrin Ibrahim is finally over. But an entire week celebrating a single political scientist in a country o... Read more

We Were Blown Away by the Colossal Size and Complexity of the Dangote Refinery

Posted By: adminon: December 10, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa’s biggest refinery, Engineer Ganiyu Adebayo, Floating buoy, Ibeju LekkiNo CommentsViews:

Switzerland based Sierra Leonean political economist and ex-ABU, Zaria academic, Dr Yusuf Bangura who has been in Nigeria in the past week took time off to visit the Dangote Refinery in Lago... Read more

Three Big Take-aways From An African Family Trip to Namibia, Botswana, Cape Town and Addis Ababa

Posted By: adminon: November 30, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Black lives, Botswana Democratic Party, Christianity in Ethiopia, Decolonisation, Ethiopian sense of independence, Ethiopia’s imperial grandeur, High African entrepreneurship in Ethiopia, Namibia, Oromia, Rural Botswana, The Adwa Victory Memorial, Tswana ethnicityNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura A few days ago, we talked about the uniqueness of each of the four countries we visited and the amazing people that made our tour enjoyable. We want to conclude these refle... Read more

Strategising on Instrumentalising Social Protection to Save West Africa From Climate Change at the OTUWA-DTDA’s Abuja Regional Workshop

Posted By: adminon: October 09, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Climate colonialism, DTDA, Frederick Chiluba, IPCC, Just transition, Kenneth Kaunda, Michael Imoudu, OTUWA, Registrar of Trade Unions, Sekou Toure, Siaka Stevens, Silva de Lula, Social protection, ‘Polluters pay’ principleNo CommentsViews:

How might a severely climate change threatened continent guarantee the social protection that can make the energy transition from fossil fuel a just transition in the face of unspeakable soc... Read more

They know I know Everything - Robert Bourgi's Tales of French Rape of Africa

In a different review of this same book, the title is They know I know Everything. It carries two riders or what can be considered as such. The rider, properly speaking, is, “My life in the... Read more

Scientists Demand Better Climate Research in Africa Just As Trinity College Defends New Chair on Climate Change

Posted By: adminon: October 01, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: African Coalition for Sustainable Energy and Access, African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Cameroon, Climate Change and Development in Africa, National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, Polluter, Professor Karen Wiltshire, Trinity College Dublin, World Meteorological OrganizationNo CommentsViews:

By Elias Ngalame Scientists, researchers and academics are arguing the case for better research on climate change in Africa, pointing out how improved knowledge and investments in early war... Read more

Might Ronald Reagan Be Donald Trump’s Forerunner and Model?

Posted By: adminon: September 15, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: GOP, Grenada, Larry Speakes, MAGA, Max Boot, Reaganism, TrumpismNo CommentsViews:

Those who are able to finish reading this piece published originally in The New Yorker may no longer be surprised why Henry Kissinger once wondered why it ever occurred to anyone that a Rona... Read more