In Zambia, the questions of access to information (ATI), regulation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and the media have been a thorny generational issues which provokes personal,...
“Africa Is not for Sale. Africa is open for business not for sale or looting. We must defend what is ours and make sure that no...
Former Comptroller and Auditor-General Prof Mussa Assad had some choice words for Tanzanian media recently in remarks about taxes, fees, levies, et cetera. Roughly translated, he...
The naira exchange affliction of 1984 rose up a second time in 2022 and spilled into 2023 because it has always been the choice of Nigeria...
Here goes another nostalgic musing of days gone by, when intense intellectual exchanges would take place long-distance across the African continent without losing their immediacy and...
Listen to Senator Bola Tinubu Wednesday last week in Abeokuta: “If you want to eat palm kernel, put a stone on the ground; put a palm...
When President Michael Sata came under a barrage of stern criticism from some of us regarding the appointment of his kith and kin to key government...
In a piece I wrote entitled A O M’erin J’oba At Tinubu’s Colloquium(April 1, 2018) I warned that the man who has now become the presidential candidate...
Uganda, the 1990s shining Africa poster boy for privatisation, is engaging in what could be East Africa’s biggest economic liberalisation reverse gear. Last year, the Uganda...
Somehow the only news we watch on the TV at home is offered by the Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation or any one of several Kenyan stations that...
Two Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Zambia, the Transparency International-Zambia (TI-Z) and the Continental Leadership Research Institute (CLRI), have rated the...
Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement over the fourth review of the Extended Fund...
In a recent statement, the eastern government of Libya claimed it had reached a consensus on a plan to eliminate...
To lower borrowing costs for vulnerable nations, the World Bank has announced the elimination of several loan fees. The action...
The highest court in Mozambique affirmed Monday that the incumbent Frelimo party won the October election, sparking widespread demonstrations from...
According to the mining minister, Nigeria has removed a five-year restriction on mining exploration in the northwest state of Zamfara,...
The Russian Foreign Ministry reported Tuesday that two crew members are still unaccounted for after an explosion tore through the...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) withdrawal timeline has been rejected by the Alliance of Sahel States (AES),...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has expressed his belief and optimism that the future of the country is very bright...
Moroccan doctors across the country on Tuesday staged a nationwide protests in what is known as “Week of Anger,” accusing...