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Playing The Ethnic Card (Nigeria) 24 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
I laughed in amazement shortly after an otherwise well-informed friend living abroad telephoned to alert me about a serious political crisis about to burst in Nigeria. He said that the Igbo people of...
Take it or leave it 22 Aug 2013 | 01:28 am
The growth in Africa's economic fortunes and development over the last few years appears to have also brought a new confidence in the way the continent handles itself in the global arena. In the econ...
Not welcome in Europe 7 Aug 2013 | 10:56 pm
Why is Europe getting tougher on African migrants? As Africa's economic fortunes rise and the continent continues to be charmed by superpowers, spare a thought for the millions of Africans in faraway...
Dollar dominion 10 Jul 2013 | 03:12 pm
Barack Obama declared in Dakar, Senegal - on the occasion of his second coming to sub-Saharan Africa as US president - that he was "in Africa… because Africa is rising and it is in the United States i...
Too Early To Party 24 Jun 2013 | 04:57 pm
For much of my life sub-Sahara Africa was a byword for military coups, disasters, famines and a host of negative news stories about hopes and aspirations squandered. So it has not only been a great r...
Being cold-shouldered in London and New York 5 Jun 2013 | 10:45 pm
I had quite forgotten what indignities come with travelling on a Ghanaian passport. I am on some travels currently and I was given the full Ghana pas...
Will the African Union (AU) ever live up to its founding dreams? 31 May 2013 | 02:29 am
A friend of mine we call "The General" was born on 25 May, sometime in the 1960s. For any African, this is an auspicious day on which to enter the wo...
A brighter future in Dubai? 22 May 2013 | 10:50 pm
Every so often we all have what I call a "shaking-head moment", when something hits you and your mind can't quite adjust to what you are hearing or se...
Battle of the First Ladies 16 May 2013 | 06:58 pm
A fierce war is raging in Nigeria, and I do not mean the one declared by militant Islamist group Boko Haram. It is the "battle of the first ladies" -...
How can African countries move away from dependence on aid? 2 May 2013 | 11:38 pm
Much of Africa relies on foreign aid, despite economic growth in parts of the continent significantly outpacing the global average. So, how is the mo>...
