ACBF takes on the future under new leadership
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has a new head, the Senegalese Mamadou Biteye.
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The Queen and I
In this year of the Platinum Jubilee of the UK’s Queen Elizabeth ll, Lord Hain recalls some encounters with Her Majesty from his own long stint as a front-bench British politician.
African migration: A golden opportunity squandered
A recent UN forum on migration was a golden opportunity for Africa to make its case on the movement of labour across the world but a weak stance and infighting meant that the chance was squandered.
South Africa: Arrest of Guptas puts ethics under searchlight
The arrest in the UAE of two of the Gupta brothers, accused of corruption on a massive scale, has brought the issue of ethics in public office once again to the surface in South Africa.
The significance of Lumumba’s golden tooth
As the only remaining part of Patrice Lumumba’s body is laid to rest in Kinshasa, the big lie has been exposed for what it was and no one is under any illusions about the real role of Belgium in the Congo.
Kenya elections: Ruto, man of the people, vs Odinga, king-in-waiting
Can five times Presidential candidate Raila Odinga defeat William Ruto, the champion of Kenya’s “hustler nation”, in the country’s 9 August election?