Gambia: The “coup that never was”
It is 50 years ago this year that The Gambia escaped from the stranglehold of British colonial rule and was declared an independent state, on …
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Two men, two visions, and foreign policy
While it has been argued that some of the policies pursued by a Jonathan or a Buhari presidency would be similar, the same cannot be …
The PAWA of Africa’s literati
New African: You are the Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA); can you tell us more about the organisation? It started around 1985 …
Burkina Faso: You cannot kill ideas
As Burkinabés filled the streets to call for President Blaise Compaoré to step down, the veteran leader would have also heard protesters chanting another man’s …
Migration: New pastures, not so green after all
The routine response when discussing the crisis of African migrants dying at sea is: Why do they risk everything, including their lives, in order to …
The Libyan disaster
Femi Akomolafe writes on the disaster that is Libya today, three years after NATO’s leaders and their planes brought “democracy” and “freedom” to the North …