By inviting the US’s Africom to help resolve its security issues, Nigeria is once again ceding sovereignty to outside powers, and is in danger of repeating the mistakes and unwanted outcomes of the past, writes Onyekachi Wambu.
Eight years ago, a wave of popular opposition similar to the current one in Sudan and Algeria toppled Muammar Gaddafi but unleashed death and destruction …
The shocking images of a new form of slavery have finally brought the plight of Africans trapped in Libya to international, and national African attention.
By Wanjohi Kabukuru* From the mid-1980s to the 1990s, many parts of Africa were beset by pestilence, civil conflicts, profligate corruption, bad leadership characterised by …
The international community is pushing for Libya to hold elections this year to break the vicious cycle of instability and conflict. But voting, according to …
The EU’s determination to prevent migrants from entering its borders is exacerbating the conditions that now exist in Libya.
