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Northern Nigeria: Beyond Bombs, Bullets And Boko Haram
Four months after the Nigerian Government declared a state of emergency in three North Eastern states, international media coverage is zoning in on the atrocities committed by the militant terrorist group Boko Haram, compani...
Africa’s Resources: Blessing or Curse?
Sometimes I sit back and wonder whether we Africans are cursed or blessed. In particular, are our natural resources a blessing or a curse? Despite the plentiful resources in the continent of Africa, its people are living in abj...
A Mutual Split: Turkey and the EU
Orhan Pamuk’s article, “Europe is turning away from Turkey, and the rest of the world”, pleas for a Europe which engages with Turkey on the basis of enlightenment principles, rather than old-fashioned notions of Islamic e...
Rwanda-DR Congo Rebel Support Conflict: The Heart of the Matter
In his book “Politics”, Aristotle argued that man is a political animal, whose motive for action and reaction is ruled by need for wealth, safety and liberty. Aristotle goes on to argue that any state is like a united commu...
WATCH: Syrian Pianist Malek Jandali – “We Need Freedom for True Art”
When Syrians took to the streets in March 2011, they rebelled not only against the ruling Assad family, but also against the obscurantism that had been imposed on them for decades. Art as a whole, and music in particular, have ...
Calls for independence gain momentum in Europe
Early in 2012, British Prime Minister David Cameron surprised everybody by agreeing to hold a referendum for Scottish independence before the end of his mandate. A few weeks ago, Alexander Salmond, the leader of the Scottish Na...
