Pan-Africanism cannot survive on speeches and summits alone. The recurring xenophobic attacks in South Africa are forcing Africa to examine whether its commitment to continental unity...
It is time for South African editors and journalists to engage in urgent self-reflection. Balanced, critical, and humane reporting on migration is not optional, it is...
The vision of men like Nkrumah, Nyerere, Mandela, Lumumba, Tafawa Balewa, Azikiwe, and even Gaddafi may seem distant today, but their dream remains relevant. They understood...
South Africa versus Nigeria! Ghana versus Nigeria! What we have on our hands is classic Andre Gunder Frank: ‘The Development of Underdevelopment.’
The time has come for the Federal Government to rethink Africa as the unquestioned centrepiece of Nigeria’s foreign policy and place Nigeria and Nigerians first. A...
The young people carrying out these attacks did not create xenophobia in isolation. They emerged from a political and social environment where hostility toward immigrants has...
The true solution to xenophobia may therefore begin far away from the streets of Johannesburg or Durban. It may begin in Abuja, with governance that works,...
As impeachment discussions intensify, South Africa now finds itself at a critical moment. The outcome of the Phala Phala saga may not only determine the political...
Nigeria must demand assurances and action from South Africa to check what has become a recurring problem. In the same vein, it must unite with the...
Because if this fire continues, there will be nowhere left to run. Not to Johannesburg. Not to Harare. Not to Lagos. The smoke will choke us...