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OP-ED Opinions 

Buhari’s Regime And The Conflict Of Loyalty By Adebayo Raphael

Elwin Mandowa,
Perhaps a most pungent issue at the heart of Nigerian politics today is the issue of loyalty. A single factor with which a leader can become a god and a nation a superpower among peers; the absence of which, however, a politician or a nation may fail terribly.  Following the ruinous thirty years of military dictatorship and the hope, perhaps misplaced,… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The Current Nigerian Crisis: What, Really, Are The Fundamentals? By Omotoye Olorode

Elwin Mandowa,
Again, Complaints, Complaints, Complaints! Yet, only three options with their possible combinations are being clearly canvassed: one is to do nothing; another is to organize for splitting the country; the third is to struggle for a class-based social transformation. Some of us, following the footsteps of our Comrades who are already on the other side of eternity have spent our… Read More
Africa Investments 

“It brings us hope”: African Development Bank leads drive to deliver electricity to all

Elwin Mandowa,
Kindergarten teacher Fatima Zahera Hagou recalls that just a generation ago, when the sun went down over the Moroccon countryside, her rural village of Dar Laain ground to a halt and locals bedded down for the night. Nowadays, Dar Laain, about 25km southwest of Marrakech, booms with life after dark, thanks to the expansion of the electricity grid. Residents have… Read More
Africa Investments 

2020 Annual Anti-Corruption Day

Elwin Mandowa,
What?      A virtual roundtable on International Anti-Corruption Day Who?       Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC), African Development Bank When?      Wednesday 9 December 2020, from 9 to 11 (GMT) Where?     Webinar (via Zoom) – Registration form                              To commemorate International Anti-Corruption Day, the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption (“PIAC”) of the African Development Bank is organizing a roundtable themed “Recover with… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The Zabarmari Rice Farm Massacre: Why We Cannot Be Silent By Stan Chu Ilo

Elwin Mandowa,
Nigerians and the rest of the world woke up on Sunday morning to the sad news of yet another gruesome massacre of fellow Nigerians by suspected Islamic terrorists. According to the United Nations, in the early afternoon on 28 November, local time, suspected militants attacked civilian men and women while they were harvesting crops in Koshobe village and other rural… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Ethiopia: Tigray releases over 4,000 soldiers

Elwin Mandowa, , , , ,
– – The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has announced the release of over 4,000 soldiers who had been held captive. TPLF officials said they had been part of the army’s northern command but were detained when Tigrayan troops attacked a federal military base. The development comes after the TPLF officials disputed a declaration by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister… Read More
Africa Featured Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana holds special voting ahead of December 7 polls

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– – Ghana is holding a special voting exercise ahead of the actual voting day on December 7, 2020. Over 100,000 registered voters largely security officers, journalists and persons expected to discharge election duties on December 7 are casting their ballots. Covid-19 protocols are being strictly adhered by voters and officials managing the electoral process. There have been reports of… Read More
Africa Business World 

Rights-based conservation leads to global biodiversity agenda

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– – With the UN, NGOs and conservationists advocating to place 30 percent or more of the planet’s terrestrial area under formal conservation by 2030, a new study cautions of the potential costs of using exclusionary conservation approaches to meet those targets. It also sets out how to achieve them: By empowering the Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendants who… Read More
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