The federal solution as a way out of the phenomenon of state collapse in Africa is echoing again as Prof Eghosa Osaghae, University of Ibadan and one of Nigeria’s leading scholars of federal... Read more
It is absolutely regrettable that there is black violence against African migrants in South Africa but that is something the African determination to survive can and should be able to manage... Read more
The ancient South-western Nigerian city of Ibadan woke up today to an explosive conversation as top flight intellectuals, the Inspector-General of Police, the Independent National Electoral... Read more
The dynamics have worked out in such a way incumbent presidents and the prime minister returned to power in recent elections in Nigeria, South Africa and India. Could the election results sp... Read more
Indications from Pretoria are that the remains of Winnie Mandela will be committed to mother earth April 14th, 2011. So says Cyril Ramaphosa, South African president for whom this is describ... Read more
Jacob Zuma did not wait for the deadline of Wednesday midnight. He left two hours before the deadline. It must have become clear to him that he had lost it at last. The ANC and the people of... Read more
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, (ANC) has just issued a dramatic, seemingly conclusive statement, giving President Jacob Zuma up till the end of today to re... Read more
Written by Robin Denselow and published in The Guardian in the UK (Jan 23rd, 2018) as “Hugh Masekela Obituary” with a rider “Trumpeter and singer-songwriter who was a pioneer of jazz in Sout... Read more
The 54th National Congress of the African National Congress, (ANC) has ended with the victory of Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent Deputy President of South Africa. He is expected to go... Read more
