In this earlier post, I made the argument that if Senator Barack Obama “announces a male Vice Presidential candidate, he should be sure that the Republicans and Senator John McCain will use that against him in the general elections, or worse yet, introduce a female VP candidate”. That indeed became reality now that both...
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The recent flareup between the Republic of Georgia and Russia has yet again brought up the issue of how far powerful nations will go to protect what they perceive as their national interest. As much as the United States can cry foul over the supposedly heavy-handed response Russia exercised over the ill-advised military incursion...
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There have speculations in the media that Senator Barack Obama will ultimately name a male candidate for the position of Vice President in his campaign for the White House. Let it be stated here first, that that move alone may cost the senator from Illinois his bid for the Presidency.
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We have frequently heard this question mainly from mainstream media usually in reference to Senator Barack Obama’s ability to withstand the barage of negative information thrown out by the Republican opposition. On the face of it, this seems like a valid question to ask, to wit: is the senator tough enough not to self-destruct...
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Our enemies are the political profiteers, swindlers, the men in high and low places who seek bribes and demand ten percent, those that seek to keep the country divided permanently so that they can remain in office as ministers and VIPs of waste, the tribalists, the nepotists…
——Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, January 1966 Coup Broadcast.
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There is agreement across ideological divides that the state in Africa has done so much damage to the idea of nation building. In fact, the political landscape of Africa is littered with the unfortunate relics of broken dreams, broken promises, and betrayal of the popular will.
If I sound rather harsh in my judgements, it...
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