Latest Articles by Ovigwe Eguegu Contributor AGOA isn’t the political leverage Washington thinks it is. On 9th June 2023, the US, with Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom issued a statement that began with the sentence: “The use of trade-related economic coercion and non-market-oriented policies and practices... Contributor Gulf of Guinea: ECOWAS navies deepen cooperation to tackle piracy. The Chief of Naval Staff of Ghana, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone as well as the Chief of Coast Guard of Liberia and the high Commander of the National Gendarmerie of Burkina Faso, met on... Contributor China-Africa Peace and Security Forum: A new partnership for old problems. As the first China-Africa Peace and Security Forum came to a close last weekend, one possible question on the minds of many observers of China-Africa relations is whether this forum will produce peace in Africa... Contributor Why NYSC’s SAED programme is a huge threat to the future of Nigeria. The Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was inaugurated in March 2012 to “address” unemployment in the country by teaching corp members skills they will need to... Contributor Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict: Is the US starting a proxy war in Africa? Over the years, relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia have become very akin to a ticking time bomb, always ready to explode. Contributor Obesity in South Africa and Botswana has become what HIV was 10 years ago. Africa has witnessed remarkable socioeconomic development in the last 20 years.With an average economic growth of 5.2 percent in the same period, the people seemingly have more money in their pockets to spend. Contributor Nkurunziza’s crackdown on student protests could threaten Burundi’s future. A secondary school in the Ruyigi province of Burundi sent home 230 students on Tuesday for defacing the portrait of President Pierre Nkurunziza in their textbooks.
Contributor AGOA isn’t the political leverage Washington thinks it is. On 9th June 2023, the US, with Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom issued a statement that began with the sentence: “The use of trade-related economic coercion and non-market-oriented policies and practices...
Contributor Gulf of Guinea: ECOWAS navies deepen cooperation to tackle piracy. The Chief of Naval Staff of Ghana, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone as well as the Chief of Coast Guard of Liberia and the high Commander of the National Gendarmerie of Burkina Faso, met on...
Contributor China-Africa Peace and Security Forum: A new partnership for old problems. As the first China-Africa Peace and Security Forum came to a close last weekend, one possible question on the minds of many observers of China-Africa relations is whether this forum will produce peace in Africa...
Contributor Why NYSC’s SAED programme is a huge threat to the future of Nigeria. The Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was inaugurated in March 2012 to “address” unemployment in the country by teaching corp members skills they will need to...
Contributor Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict: Is the US starting a proxy war in Africa? Over the years, relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia have become very akin to a ticking time bomb, always ready to explode.
Contributor Obesity in South Africa and Botswana has become what HIV was 10 years ago. Africa has witnessed remarkable socioeconomic development in the last 20 years.With an average economic growth of 5.2 percent in the same period, the people seemingly have more money in their pockets to spend.
Contributor Nkurunziza’s crackdown on student protests could threaten Burundi’s future. A secondary school in the Ruyigi province of Burundi sent home 230 students on Tuesday for defacing the portrait of President Pierre Nkurunziza in their textbooks.