The Backbone

By Anastasios Gordon Sekandi updated at 08:12 EAT Monday 16 June 2025 Elena Ramirez ran a small logistics company in Fresno, California. She didn’t wear suits or sit on government panels, but her company kept grocery shelves stocked from Bakersfield to San Francisco. She paid her taxes on time, employed fifty workers, and kept her…

How Safeguarding Democracy can Mitigate Refugee Crisis

  By Robert Kigongo. Africa is covered with sad news of the demise of H.E Hage Geingob the sitting Namibian President who lost his life at the Age of 82 and was immediately replaced with President Nangolo Mbumba. According to the Namibian Constitution, former Vice President Nangolo Mbumba stirred the country through a transition until…

OPINION- U.S. Deceptive Policy on Africa Is Bound to Fail

By Jong Il Hyon– International affairs analyst The U.S. high-ranking politicians’ recent frequent visits to Africa are drawing the attention of the international community. The visits by the high-ranking politicians of the U.S. administration such as vice-president, secretary of State and secretary of Treasury numbered nearly 20 times this year alone, which proves that the…

Opinion: Is Putin banking on an endless war?

Opinion by Richard Galant Updated 0419 GMT (1219 HKT) April 4, 2022 Last week, missile attacks continued to pound Ukraine’s cities, despite a claim by the Russians that they were refocusing their strategy on warfare in the eastern part of the country. No one knows how the war will unfold and either side could win,…

The difference between Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)

The Millennium Development Goals are the international community’s most broadly shared, comprehensive and focused framework for reducing poverty. Drawn from the Millennium Declaration, adopted and agreed to by all Governments in 2000, the MDGs represent the commitments of United Nations Member States to reduce extreme poverty and its many manifestations: hunger, disease, gender inequality, lack…

Reform Government now to engage ordinary people or we loose Power.

Opinion There are people in Uganda especially in Government and NRM who think they are more intelligent than others; they think all poor people are not of sound mind. They also think people supporting Opposition are hooligans.. Arrogant Government Officials and NRM Leaders must be held accountable for what is happening in Uganda (Hate,Poverty and…

Africa has eluded the covid-19 nightmare scenarios. We shouldn’t be surprised.

Opinion by Karen Attiah Global Opinions editor- WP After the novel coronavirus first appeared in Africa in late February, Ghana’s government decided it would take no chances. Ghanaian citizens were soon put under lockdown, and travel between major cities was banned. Then President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the closure of the country’s land and sea borders….