President William Ruto of Kenya must still be trying to make sense of the anger of his population against wild taxes (started since 2023). Imposed as part of the usual IMF reform package and... Read more
By Yusuf Bangura A few hours ago, Azania Noah performed almost to a full house at the Arts Centre of the Geneva International School. It was a delightful, relaxing and memorable evening of b... Read more
The Nigeria Movement of Solidarity With Cuba is asserting itself, insisting on its own conditionalities for the United States authorities and conveying same in its own vocabulary. Read on! N... Read more
Activists, Friends, Admirers to Memorialise Prof Abu Momoh, Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem June 3rd, 2024
Activists, friends and admirers of the late Prof Abu Momoh as well as Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem have another opportunity to memorialise their departure. The memorial event for this year come... Read more
This piece is being reposted without any changes except to correct the grammatical blunder in the headline which has brought Intervention relentless bashing over the night. Thank you all who... Read more
A big puzzle indeed. Only last week, the London based The Economist wrote on Why South Africans are fed up after 30 years of democracy. The Economist may have its own baggage but many would... Read more
Some seven Nigerian scholar-activists have issued an open letter to President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly on the dangers of accepting the relocation of American and French military... Read more
The democratic space in West Africa has not been a smooth one of recent. It has been defined by one coup after the other, most if not all of them emitting high voltage rhetoric against Franc... Read more
By Yusuf Bangura The optimism of the 1990s, which saw a massive rollback of autocratic regimes in favour of electoral democracy, has given way to pessimism about democracy’s continued spread... Read more
The Centre for Democracy and Development – West Africa (CDD-WA) has formally announced the appointment of Cde John Odah as Chairman of its International Governing Council. The change comes a... Read more
