In a bid to dominate global growth by 2050, four emerging national economies decided in 2001 to co-operate and partner their efforts in 2001. Known as B.R.I.C., this partnership comprises Brazil, Russia, India, and China. However, South Africa was added as a new member in 2010, bringing the number of
Wednesday 26th July, 2023 has become a history day yet to be identify as a heroic turn of government or a call for liberation by many political analyst. On this day soldiers from Niger’s presidential guard deposed the democratically elected president Mohammed Bazoum due to rising insecurity and lack of
As Nigeria battles with the COVID-19 pandemic internally, the federal government is also concerned by the economic, health, and social conditions and well-being of its citizens abroad. For some days now, a viral video has been paraded across different social media platforms portraying an ugly picture of Chinese authorities maltreating
The current and first elected President of The Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, decided not to run for a third term in office. This decision is unlike many of his counterparts in other African countries. Alassane Ouattara has been ruling the country for nine years now and decided not to run
On Monday, Mali witnessed a deadly attack against its military forces. At least 25 soldiers were killed in an attack on the military base of the northern town of Bamba, according to the government. This attack came just a few days after four soldiers and 63 jihadists were killed in
Merely a year after the Ivorian presidential election in 2010, President Koudou Laurent Gbagbo was arraigned in court by the Ivorian judicial institution and the International Criminal court. In April 2011 Laurent Gbagbo was arrested after a short post-period of civil conflict in which about 3,000 people were killed. Laurent Gbagbo
For over a decade now, in the French African territories known as the ‘Franc Zone,’ where the CFA franc is being used as a medium of exchange, there are persistent issues surrounding the abolishing and continual usage of the CFA franc that was brought to these countries by the French
For a decade now in international and local affairs, the world, in general, have been facing all sorts of issues. These issues have stemmed from war, conflict, disintegration, and terrorism. In addition, the huge violation of human rights and human dignity have been perpetrated by some tyrant leaders and some terrorists
For over five years now, Africans have supported the mass killing of their fellow African brothers and sisters. Countries like Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, and South Africa have been blacklisted by many research experts in homicide and genocide attacks. South Africa, a country that has witnessed one of
On May 25, 1963, the 32 African states that had achieved independence agreed to establish the organization of African Unity (OAU). As time passed, the organization saw other member states join the institution. In a bid to re-shape the organization, the former chairperson, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, disbanded
With a population estimated in 2015 by the World Bank to be roughly 1.2 billion people, made up of 54 countries, Africa is heavily endowed. Even with its fertile soil, cultural diversity, natural resources, rich biodiversity, mineral resources and human capital this continent still suffers from the worst forms of underdevelopment,
Result of an Asymmetric war: How a Chibok Girl was rescued By: Adewale Daniel Omojowo Faced with present economic, social and political challenges, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria led government have always sourced for resources and strategies to fight Boko Haram terrorist. Even though the Islamist sect has
A few months after the rise of a new security challenge in Nigeria perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen, President Muhammadu Buhari has finally ordered heads of security agencies to take all necessary actions to apprehend lawless herdsmen, according to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. “We
For some decades now, many African leaders, who call themselves democratic presidents, have been thwarting the face of their constitution and violating constitutional rights for their selfish reasons. It is now clear that many African leaders have resolved to eternalise themselves in power in the likes of Paul Biya (Cameroon), Theodore
For a decade now the issues surrounding climate change have been at the centre of all international, diplomatic, and local discussions for the simple reason that the planet is suffering due to environmental degradation, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and all sorts of pollutant that is being injected into the air.
Many years have gone by since the Republic of Benin obtained its independence from its colonial master, the French, on August 1, 1960. The Republic of Benin shares a direct boundary with Togo in the west, Nigeria to the east, and Niger and Burkina Faso to the north. Today,
With a population of nearly 177 million within its borders, Nigeria also shares a common border of 770 km with the Republic of Benin, 1500 km with the Republic of Niger, more than 1700 km with Cameroon, 90 km with Chad, and 850 km of maritime border in the
