A while back, the United States of America proposed the creation of an African Military Command to be known as AFRICOM, to enable the US Department of Defence (DOD) “better focus its resources to support and enhance existing U.S. initiatives that help African nations, the African Union and the regional economic communities succeed”.
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AFRICOM Revisited: What is at stake?
VIP: Vagabonds In Power
It was the late Nigerian Musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti who used that term a long time ago. After almost sixty years of political “independence”, it is indeed a testament to his foresight that Africa, today, boasts a handsome resume of Vagabonds In Power – a plethora of idiots, fools, thieves and murderers – masquerading...
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And so, another dictator prevails
It has long been argued that the greatest malady of African politics is the unwillingness of African leaders to relinquish power. In their quest to hold on to power in perpetuity, they have manufactured “constitutions” that have virtually made them kings and turned opposition into high treason. Once in power, these despots held their...
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Democracy in Africa: the long road ahead
With the recent conclusion of the primaries of both political parties in the United States, I could not help but feel a little dejected when the process is juxtaposed with the recent “democratic” processes in Africa. First, I was in Nigeria during the “political primaries” and can definitely report that another term needs to...
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Crisis and Underdevelopment in Africa
Almost fifty years after most of Africa got liberated from colonialism, it is rather astounding to note that the character, depth and implications of what Claude Ake called the African Crisis is still very much evident in the continent. Political theorists have written tomes on the distortion and disarticulation of the continent by the...
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