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16 September 2011 at 07 : 00 AM
Nigeria: end of African-centred foreign policy?
It is difficult to understand the logic that informed Nigeria’s decision to announce their recognition of the NATO-backed rebels in Libya. Although the leaders in Abuja said that it was taken in the interests of the country, it is very difficult to see how this ill-timed, ill-advised, wrong-headed and shortsighted decision could enhance the […]
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27 August 2011 at 22 : 00 PM
The Dutch and the attack on Libya
“Colonialism and imperialism have not paid their score when they withdraw their flags and their police forces from our territories. For centuries the capitalists have behaved in the underdeveloped world like nothing more than war criminals. Deportations, massacres, forced labor, and slavery have been the main methods used by capitalism to increase its wealth, […]
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4 July 2011 at 02 : 00 AM
Surprising Europe – Review and Interview
Film Review & Interview Surprising Europe: The life and times of Ssuuna Golooba, directed by Rogier Kappers and produced by Jongens van de Wit, the Netherlands — 70 mn documentary and 9-part TV series, 2011. http://www.surprisingeurope.com/ The history of humanity is also the story about migration. In the final analysis, we are all migrants. […]
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1 July 2011 at 12 : 00 PM
Namibian Land time-bomb
This piece was published in the Letter to the Editor section of the Pan African magazine, New African, July 2011 edition. Kindly permit me space for this letter in reaction to your story: “The Trouble with Namibia,” NA June 2011, pp4- 44. I must first thank you guys at the New African magazine for […]
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23 June 2011 at 20 : 00 PM
Interview with Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings
Amsterdam (22 May 2011) Ghana’s former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings is one of the two leading members of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDC) who have challenged incumbent President John Atta Mills for the party’s presidential slot for the 2012 elections. Following a protracted internecine battle, Ghana’s ruling party announced that the party’s […]
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5 June 2011 at 22 : 00 PM
On Party And National Interests
We in Africa lend great credence to the saying that new converts make the worst zealots. We appear to do nothing but take foreign ideas we barely understood, copy them blindly, use and abuse them, and turn ourselves into grotesque caricatures. Little wonder we are the laughing stock of the world. Let us take […]
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23 May 2011 at 05 : 00 AM
Killing Osama, Again!
Hello… Hello, yes. Who is calling? Hello. Femi, wake up, are you still asleep? Yes, can’t you see what time it is? Why shouldn’t I be asleep? Ah, my friend, get up. How can you sleep at a time like this? What happened, what time like this are we talking about? You can’t be […]
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20 May 2011 at 07 : 00 AM
The Mills Gambit
“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the quality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.” – Nicole Rae Lewis […]
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20 May 2011 at 05 : 00 AM
President Mills Comedy of Errors
Were President Atta Mills to know what is good for him, he will fire all his advisers. The sad truth is that the good professor does not appear to have been the recipient of good advice from those that are close to him. The president’s advisors have done little but badly mis-advised him and […]
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17 May 2011 at 13 : 00 PM
Why can’t we also dream BIG?
“The future belongs to those that believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Anon For some unfathomable reasons, while I enjoy producing TV programmes, I seldom sit behind a television. Yesterday was different; I actually sat down and watch two TV programmes for close to five hours. National Geographic is one of […]
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