The Intriguing Politics of the Fall of Tidjane Thiam, the African Financial Whiz kid, in Switzerland
The Swiss society, comments a well located observer, is like many societies, not open enough. One moment, says the commentator, you’re a hero but only not to be Swiss enough in another momen... Read more
Italy, Spain, Switzerland and France are, by now, completely shut down. These are some of the most dramatic cases. There are others in Asia. Unless African leaders have a joker, it would not... Read more
Top Canadian universities such as The University of British Columbia, McGill University, The University of Toronto amongst others are said to be reeling from their share of loss in the Ukrai... Read more
Whether the United States is a declining power has been a subject of a long debate since the mid 1980s. It could be said that the intervention of the late Prof Susan Strange in that debate i... Read more
Sierra Leone is set to announce its position on the decision of Francophone countries adopting the single West African currency, Eco. It will do this on January 16th, 2020 shortly after a me... Read more
Iran-US relations remains the dominant headline stuff across the world, five days after the targeted killing of Iranian General, Qassem Soleimani, in an American drone strike. This time, it... Read more
Nigeria is speaking at last on what leading West African intellectuals believe to be French scripting of the region’s currency economics but which Ghana has somehow bought into. Dr Yusuf Ban... Read more
By Mohammed Dahiru Lawal It is all now common knowledge that, after three bumpy years, Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States, was impeached by a 230 to 197 vote on Wednesd... Read more
Two things are waiting to be said about the electoral disaster that befell the British Labour Party in last Wednesday/Thursday election in the UK. Jeremy Corbyn is hinting and hitting at one... Read more
Boris Johnson has left almost everyone breathless after his stunning victory last Thursday to renew his Prime Ministership of Britain. Tom Clark , the author of this piece reproduced from Pr... Read more
