Early this morning guns were heard a short distance away in my neighborhood. Quite surprised and worried of course. Perhaps no one prepared for a move in the neighborhood, as I understand that our military and police officers put their ...
I don’t know if our human minds can ever fully understand the deepest levels of calculus of military interventions in Africa. A more complicated SWOT analysis and evaluating interventions outcome is required. Western Powers and Africa so-called protection of civilians ...
Part 1: http://www.young-diplomats.com/civility-modern-politics-12/ Intellectual deficiency can be attributed to nature and hereditary, but it is the duty of the society to enlighten its members, and do so with empathy. More often, instead of honest efforts at erudition and brotherly care for ...
Part 2: http://www.young-diplomats.com/civility-modern-politics-22/ Civility and politics in the same breath seem to be antithetical on the surface, but the same phenomenon of polarity permeates all of nature. Politics is the battle for personality and ideological supremacy. Civility is the union of ...
Veteran Gambian politician and Member of Parliament Halifa Sallah has recently sparked off a storm of controversy following remarks he made in London where the renowned sociologist is said to have lamented the lack of system change in the Gambia ...
The discussion has begun today in the Chadian capital Ndjamena, in an extraordinary summit of heads of state of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). Equatorial Guinea and Gabon are the last countries to have endorsed the ...
Which countries have the strongest Military in Africa in 2017? African countries have been seriously challenged in 2016 with increasing terrorist activity (AQMI,Al-Shabab,ISIS,Boko Haram..) and more and more civil unrest (Central African Republic, Libya..). Things have changed a lot in ...
The fallout from the UK referendum that ended in victory for those wanting the country to exit from the European Union (EU) is still reverberating around the world. But what does it mean for Africa? The decision will fundamentally affect ...
Many voices and numerous statements have been raised on the African continent, from politicians, journalists, economists, to ordinary citizens are questioning the CFA franc that mobilizes the monetary system in the francophone zone of Africa; since the independence. The CFA ...
The Central African Republic’s (CAR) postcolonial history has been dominated byconflict. From the disastrous rule of Jean-BedelBokassa, through President André Kolingbaand then Ange-Félix Patassé, the CAR ultimately came to the Bangui Agreements, which aimed to resolve widespread social and economic ...