Kenya’s well regarded media ought to shift attention from the sideshows and power duels politicians engage in and instead focus more on important national development issues. It is a year since the devolved system of government was implemented. The media should lead in assessing how citizens have benefited from devolution and what needs to be done better.

The level of indiscipline in the Nigerian military, as revealed by this sad episode, is truly appalling. Soldiers should be professional at all times and respect the citizens who pay their salaries and whom the armed forces are created to protect

The recent freezing of the assets of the former Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha by the American government indicates that the writing is on the wall for Africa’s lootocrats. But will ordinary Nigerians benefit from the returned money?

International Women’s Day on 8 March 2014 marked 40 years commemoration of women in an unequal world. In Lagos, Benin and Abuja women protested against the brutal killing and abduction of innocent students in Yobe, Nigeria. Women continue to mobilise for action and change around the world

Africans are intoxicated with profound religiosity that fails to respect the secular. Yet, the reality is that God-intoxicated prelates, alfas, and imams do not realize how arrogant their pronouncements are and how their inebriation makes them unaware of how ungodlike their behavior is

It is nearly half a century since Cabral’s heroic rousing speech in Cuba, but many of the points he made at the time remain valid. Crucially, ‘it is not by shouting or uttering insults against imperialism that we will achieve its liquidation.’ What will win the fight is ‘the daily practice of the struggle.’

The reaction of the Obama Administration and the American elite generally to the crisis in Ukraine reveals an astounding double standard, which arise from not just capitalist avarice and cynical ruling-class self-interest but is rooted in the pathology generated by the disease of white supremacy.

Young people, especially those pushed into difficult circumstances, will find the story of Nelson Mandela greatly inspiring. Pain and struggle are not meaningless or endless, if one remains focused and determined to achieve their goal

Ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77, who suffered a stroke last year, has announced he will run again in elections next month. He apparently wants to die in office and the clique around him will not let him go

The R2P principle offers potential to protect civilians from crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, genocide and war crimes. Yet in Africa violations continue to occur despite the legal peace and security architecture to deliver on the principle

In Canada, the rhetoric of multiculturalism fails tremendously to open up conversations around equity and anti-oppression where Black people are concerned

The continued high-profile attacks by the Somali-based Islamist group are prove enough that various efforts to neutralize Al-Shabaab have not fully succeeded. More work is needed, not only by national and regional governments but also globally.

The suspension and replacement of Lamido Sanusi, the radical head of the Central Bank of Nigeria who has become a whistle-blower exposing the billions that have gone missing at the central bank, is symptomatic of an amoral and corrupt Nigerian oligarchy

Fifty years after Lumumba was assassinated and the passing of Nelson Mandela, Africa’s strategy must now emphasize intellectual and economic freedom. The necessary liberation must now be secured through incisive independent knowledge founded on strength of character, courage and fearlessness

The French have a historic role in the current crisis in the Central African Republic in assisting dictators install themselves into power. A way forward is for a Christian and Muslim Monitoring Group to identify individuals perpetrating hate crimes and help bring justice to all victims

Few remember that Germany once had several African colonies.
Berlin is seeking to revise its constitutional restraints on its pacifism and absenteeism in military engagements by increasing its troops to Mali. It seeks no longer to remain on the side-lines of world politics

The African Union (AU) deserves applause for standing up to the European Union and choosing Mugabe as First Vice-Chairman of its executive. The AU has greater challenges to face in the context of recolonisation and imperialist domination to control Africa’s resources

A debate has started about the code of conduct that will define the preservation of public liberties. The courageous Edward Snowden has achieved his goal to a large extent. His action should also contribute to a reflection on whistleblowers and their protection

The Western media misdiagnoses the root causes of African conflicts and reduces them to tribalism and religion as in the respective case of South Sudan and the Central African Republic. The complexity that lead to conflict need to be reported on by the Western media

The type of federalism being promoted in Somalia is a foreign initiative meant to abort national reconciliation and institutionalize social fragmentation