Trump Raises the Stakes in global power politics, With ExxonMobil Chief as Secretary of State Nominee Mr Rex Tillerson, the boss of Exxon Mobil, the US oil mega conglomerate, has eventually... Read more
International Intervention Likely in The Gambia as Jammeh Stalls An electoral impasse is brewing in The Gambia, the resolution of which will be internationalised if the three earliest reacti... Read more
Electoral Wind of Change Moves from Nigeria to Ghana and Gambia The wind of change in the fortune of incumbents in West Africa unleashed by the sacking of Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria in Apr... Read more
Published originally in The Conversation online (Nov 20th, 2016) under the title “Brazil is breaking with its south-south focus. What it means for BRICS”, this piece hints about... Read more
By Adagbo ONOJA In part 1 of this interview published October 13th, 2016, Professor Mwesiga Baregu, political scientist and a leading opposition figure in Tanzania outlined the basis... Read more
Contrary to presumptions that Donald Trump will not change US-Nigeria relation, analysts of global oil dynamics fear that the exact opposite could be the case. The fear is that beyond susta... Read more
Might the Buhari regime finally be on to constructing a pact around its anti-corruption war? This is the question being asked in the wake of the rise of a virtual anti-corruption movement th... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja Punditry is already getting it wrong, going hysterical about how Donald doesn’t have one idea about Africa, how empty of Africa his own map of the world is. Others are afraid... Read more
By Michael Klare Although the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election might have been won and lost by the time this is published, this point in this piece still calls for reflection, ir... Read more
As US president Barack Obama’s term ticks down, he has been keen to highlight his legacy. This includes his achievements in Africa, where his father hailed from. Speaking recently to an audi... Read more
