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WESTERN ALLIES’ SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE IS WANING

May
23
By Ocaya p’Ocure, a social media commentator, Uppsala, Sweden

USA vs Russia War in Ukraine

It was evident that international politics of the cold war era died a natural death with the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9, 1089, leaving the world with only the Chinese wall. Thus, the world expected the new US President, Joe Biden, to pursue new foreign and national policies with the post-cold war era but not the populist “Make America Great Again” policies of former President Donald Trump.

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Most Dangerous Country in the World to Be a Student

Feb
21
By John Otim

General BuhariA prolonged period of military rule has taken its toll on Nigeria. The country with one of the most robust population in the world. Not every Nigerian is affected. But a great many are.The ready acceptance of authority, the reluctance to express one’s own ideas. One encountered people like that. Students, colleagues, people on the streets. The ready acceptance of authority, the reluctance to express one’s own ideas. ... In hindsight it is ...

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Filmmaker Who Found Africa’s Voice

Feb
21
By A.O Scott

Ousmane Sembene Ousmane Sembène, by consensus the father of African cinema, was nearly 40 when he started making films. (He was 84 when he died on June 9th 2007 at his home in Dakar). By 1960, the year that Senegal, his native country, won its independence from France, he was already ...

 

 

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Amazing Story of Brazil’s first Black President

Feb
21
By Bruno Goes

He waPresident Nilo Peçanhas a man of many mysteries. Born in Brazil in the late 1800s, Nilo Peçanha rose to power as a political leader and eventually became the President of Brazil in 1910. Despite his numerous accomplishments Peçanha held one secret close to his heart. his Afro-Brazilian heritage.He was a man of many mysteries.

 

 

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Singapore School Principal Writes Parents on Eve of Exams

Feb
21
by School Principal

Students and Parents feel the pressure

National School Exams are here once again. I know you will be anxious for your kids to do well. But please remember. Amongst the kids who will be sitting exams there is an artist, who will not need to understand Math.

 

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Editor's Note: A Special Edition on Development in Africa

Nov
23
The Editor

Ethiopian-TPLF AgreementIn the last two years, COVID-19 pandemic, left the world in utter misery. However, not all was lost because there were some bright spots. For example, Kenya conducted its election peacefully and had a smooth transition of power, a rare feat in Africa. Brazil’s by-elections, won by ex-President Lula, occurred without the anticipated violence by former President Bolsonaro’s supporters. Similarly, the USA has just concluded its mid-term election without the anticipated overwhelming victory or violence by ex-President Trump’s far-right election denialists. 

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Chinese Funded Rail Track Plunges Kenya into Debt

Nov
23
By Suchet Vir Singh with John Otim  

Chinese Funded Kenyan Railway

Kenyan government has published partial accounts of a controversial railway contract signed with China in 2014. A contract whose high rates has engulfed Kenya in huge debts.

Built at the huge cost of $4.7 billion the railway line (known as the Standard Gauge Railway) is marred by corruption scandals and alleged criminality.

 

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Can a Massive Foreign Aid Be the Solution to Africa’s Problems, Part 3

Nov
23
By Dr. Aklog Birara, former Senior Advisor at the World Bank

The Far Reach of Neo-colonialismThe invisible new “Cold War” is imbedded in development policies, plans and implementation. African scholars and opinion makers spend a great deal of time and energy debating, comparing, contrasting, and critiquing the Asia and Pacific development model led by China and the Western model led by the USA. The debate is healthy. But what ultimately matters are the value-added policies, programs, investment portfolios and infrastructure. A disconnected Africa cannot develop fast.

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Can a Massive Foreign Aid Be the Solution to Africa’s Problems, Part 2

Nov
23
Dr. Aklog Birara, former senior adviser to the World Bank

A Colonialist being carried by the colonizedColonialism by a different name is still the same. Having been forced to cede their colonial territories, colonialists and emerging imperialists designed new, sophisticated, and seemingly pro-African development, pro-free market, pro-human rights protocols, and pro-modernization instruments that bolstered the continued extraction and rent-seeking of financial and natural resources from Africa.

France and the national elites which it encouraged and created, still dominate Francophone Africa. Anglophone Africa is dominated by the United Kingdom and the domestic elites it trained, educated, and deployed. 

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Can a Massive Foreign Aid Be the Solution to Africa's Problems, Part 1

Nov
22
Dr. Aklog Barara, former senior advisor to the World Bank

Dr. Aklog BiraraI commend the provocative proposal by Jonathan Powers and others for that a massive aid will be the solution to Africa’s problems. However, I am afraid to dispute that idea that a massive Western aid program will transform structural and institutional poverty and technological backwardness in this otherwise promising continent populated by the youngest population on the planet.

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