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UNCTAD: What is in it for Africa?

Opening up markets to Africa’s finished products will be a step in the right direction.

19th July 2016
The Brexit Vote: Lesson for Africa

Tension is growing in the EU as momentum for a vote on June 23 for Britain to leave the EU grows. Th...

14th June 2016
Youth: Africa Largest Interest Group

Only a quarter of the young people who enter the labor market each year over the next decade will fi...

9th August 2016
Big Men in South Sudan A Let-down to Peace

Uncertainty hangs over South Sudan after heavy fighting between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir...

12th July 2016
Muhammad Ali - A Tribute

He is a demonstration that that it is not where one is that matters but what one is doing where he i...

7th June 2016
UNCTAD 14 Consensus: Africa Must Sharpen Negotiati...

Africa must set concrete goals in its interaction with the international community and lay down a ne...

26th July 2016
Africa Must Urgently Resolve Maritime Disputes

It is urgent that Africa comes up with mechanisms that will address these disputes before they flare...

20th September 2016
TICAD-VI: Another Monument of Development?

Kenya will play host to over 10,000 delegates during the sixth Tokyo International Conference on Afr...

22nd August 2016
AGRF Should not be Another Talk Shop

Africa hopes that the 6th African Green Revolution Forum will articulate key concerns affecting the...

6th September 2016
Ethiopia Government and Oromo Must Dialogue

The ongoing imbroglio is a stain on the nation that harbours the headquarters of the African Union

3rd October 2016
Africa Shines in the 2016 Rio Olympics

Once more, Africans are thinking as one and wish the teams that hail from the continent well.

16th August 2016
Giving Africa Day Meaning

This Africa Day should be a moment of reflection on pertinent issues facing the continent

23rd May 2016
Senegal’s Capture of a Russian Vessel and African’...

Many incidents of Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing are rampant off African coastline...

7th January 2014
Africa Resource Conflicts: Time to Try Open Market...

Instead of concocting palliatives, it is prudent that the Africans through statutory bodies such as...

21st January 2014
South Sudan Must Embrace Inclusivity

The attempted coup in Africa’s newest state, the Republic of South Sudan, could be an indicator that...

17th December 2013
Arab-Africa Summit: Africa on the Right Track

Africa’s stand during the third Arab-African Summit in Kuwait is commendable. The continent attended...

26th November 2013
Hunger in Africa: Why Again?

A bold initiative is required to give African farmers a strong political clout to fight famine in th...

4th February 2014
African Centers of Excellence: Hope for Africa

Pundits have considered it a paradox that high academic qualifications have neither enabled most Afr...

11th February 2014
Japan in Africa: What Lessons for Africa?

Since Africans are the ones offering the goods (natural resources and market growth opportunities);...

14th January 2014
African Union: Time to Create a Galvanizing Idea f...

The continental body should initiate debate across its member states on which idea needs to drive co...

28th January 2014
Westgate Shopping Mall Attack: Kenya Will Emerge S...

This tragic event is a sobering moment for Kenya. It must lead the country to review its security ar...

24th September 2013
Integration: EAC Should Manage Sibling Rivalry

East African leaders must show maturity and come on the negotiating table to iron out differences an...

3rd September 2013
Africa’s Future: Invest in the Youth

The young need opportunities to connect with the successful and the experienced in order to keep Afr...

1st October 2013
Secession: Africa Must be Cautious

It is no secret that the legitimacy of many African countries as currently constituted (Ethiopia exc...

8th October 2013
Is the African Union Reverting to a Presidents Clu...

While the AU has a legitimate quest to be taken seriously in the international arena; its strategy b...

15th October 2013
Peace Truce in DR Congo is Welcome News

With sound systems, inclusive institutions, frameworks that focus on the long term, structures that...

5th November 2013
President Kikwete’s Stand Gives Hope to EAC

Tanzania’s move is a challenge to the ‘coalition’ to include Tanzania on the drawing table and iron...

12th November 2013
The 2013 Ibrahim Forum Outcomes Must be Actualized

Africa does not suffer from a dearth of brilliant minds that can catapult the continent to prosperit...

19th November 2013
African Scholars Must Participate in Global Discou...

Africa's scholars must be proactive and project their voice locally and globally through groundbreak...

3rd December 2013
Mandela’s Rivonia Trial Address Puts African Leade...

The befitting tribute to global Icon Nelson Mandela by African leaders and African people is to dis...

10th December 2013
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African Perceptions of the Eur...