Paul Ejime

On 4 June 2013, in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, South-Western Nigeria, I was on mission to meet with one of Africa’s master strategists and development pioneer, admired by many and considered a “rebel technocrat,” by a few.

Following the American Revolutionary War of the 17th century, and Slave Trade abolition initiatives, freed slaves from America and those “rescued” in the West African region settled with the natives of the two geographical locations known today as Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Apart from not playing in the World Cup finals, the dream of every football player, George Manneh Oppong Weah, has won virtually all there is to win in world football.

Even before the United States assembled the 30-nation “Allied Forces” against Iraq during the first Gulf war in 1991, with all the attendant controversies and uncertainties, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had demonstrated an international best practice in regional peace ke

As expected, the Supreme Court’s annulment of Kenya’s 8 August 2017 presidential election over “irregularities and illegalities” has provoked mixed reactions.

By African standards, many had expected the worst the moment the Gambia’s authoritarian ruler for 22 years “Prof. Dr.” Alhaji Yahya Jammeh reversed himself after conceding defeat to then opposition leader, Mr.

No region of the globe has escaped the “wave of democratisation,” which hit the world from the early 1990s. While regular elections by themselves do not and cannot guarantee true democracy, they serve as one of the major barometers for measuring an effective democratic process.

The Gambia, a small West African country with some 1.9 million people, is an agriculturally fertile land famous for tourism, especially its attractive beaches.

These are not good times for Africa and the African Union (AU).

President John Dramani Mahama in a State of the Nation address to mark Ghana’s 59th independence anniversary on 6th March 2016 made two important pronouncements with foreign relations implications.