Nigeria back from the dead
It may have taken 19 years, but what counts most is that Nigeria finally put an end to that long wait by lifting the coveted African Nations Cup this month.
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Kenyan debacle is a reminder to respect the will of the voter
All eyes in the region and as far as across the Atlantic are on Kenya’s high-stake general elections on March 4.
Hard luck to Drogba and co
At 34, Didier Drogba’s chances of ever lifting the coveted African Nations Cup are all but over following last week’s quarter-final 2-1 defeat against Nigeria.
No need to speculate; Kagame will exit when time is up
Once again, speculation is rife whether or not President Kagame will step down when his second term is up. The perennial talking point among the doubters is that Kagame will change the constitution – like so many other African heads of state seem to do – to pave way for another term for himself, and thereafter we will be on the slippery slope to a life presidency!
Hosni Mubarak will have the last laugh in riotous Egypt
Ailing and incarcerated former President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak must be watching with awful feelings and indignation events unfolding in his country.
With Balotelli, it was only a matter of time
And so the news that Mario Balotelli has closed his Manchester City chapter and opened one in Italy with AC Milan is no surprise. In fact, the man who once claimed to be the second-best player in the world behind Barcelona’s Lionel Messi is actually just one of many very good footballers with a lot of growing up to do which is why unlike Messi, Balotelli is expendable as it turned out.
Small household businesses will power Rwanda to middle income
A bigger section of Rwandans are self-employed either farming on the land or running small family business.
Real Madrid falling apart
Despite holding onto top spot in ‘Deloitte’s list of richest clubs in the world’, all is not well at Real Madrid. Last week, it was revealed that the club had earned revenue of €512.6m last season. It was the first time a sporting club had earned in excess of €500m in a season.
The breadth and depth of economic cost of gender-based violence
As the struggle to fight gender-based violence (GBV) has remained steadfast, activism needs to go further than awareness campaigns – changes should be implemented through economic, social and development policy and the full costs of GBV need to be measured and recognized.
How one Malian soldier tossed entire West Africa into chaos
When Captain Amadou Sanogo led a coup that removed former Malian president Amadou Toumani Toure from power in March last year, he probably did not anticipate the magnitude of the problem his move would create.
