As U.S. President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban takes effect, an upcoming Fault Lines documentary on Al Jazeera highlights the consequences of a blanket policy that closes America’s doors to those with the most to lose. Last week, Trump...
With an irony that hasn’t gone unnoticed, US President Donald Trump signed his executive order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the US on January 27, Holocaust Memorial Day.
The order’s instructions are harsh and shocking. Not only...
By William R. Easterly
I was born in West Virginia and spent all of 10 days there as an infant before my family moved to Ohio. Perhaps that's a license for me to say why Appalachians are poor, drink too much,...
African governments are understandably concerned about how Donald Trump’s surprise election as the 45th president of the United States might affect their interests.
Thus far Trump has given no sign that he will accord Africa any higher priority than his...
Talk of gender mainstreaming – the assessing of all policies, programmes, laws and interventions on the basis of their impact on both men and women at all levels – often attracts sceptical criticism.
One of the most significant challenges the...
For the past year, I have railed against Donald Trump in numerous blogs.
But I have not said exactly why I am supporting and voting for Hillary Clinton.
I support and will vote for Hillary Clinton on November 8, 2016 NOT...
WorldRemit to kickstart uptake of Digital Money Transfers to Cameroon
Digital remittance service completes series of strategic deals with Cameroon partners
DOUALA, Cameroon, November 3, 2016/ -- Leading remittance service WorldRemit (Worldremit.com/en/Cameroon) is set to accelerate adoption of digital money transfers...
Donald T.! My main man!
Don T. always wanted to be a brother. But not just a regular brother in the hood.
In September 1989, Don T. told an interviewer the kind of brother he wanted to be:
A well-educated black has a tremendous...
Five years after Colonel Gaddafi’s death, Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks with ‘UpFront’ about the Libyan intervention:
Praises the 2011 NATO air war against the Gaddafi regime: “It was really a model intervention”
Says “the US did not provide the...
Nigerian President Buhari’s deplorable comments about his wife only serve as a poor reflection of his ego — they do not take anything away from women’s exemplary contribution to the continent’s history and legacy
By Bashir Goth,
At a time when...