April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019
AL Writing Fellows
AL Writing Fellows
AL Writing Fellows
April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019
Human Rights
Human Rights
Human Rights
April 23, 2019
April 23, 2019
April 23, 2019
Politics
Politics
Politics
The violence against innocent worshippers in Sri Lanka brings back to mind the Christchurch killings in New Zealand. Both were results of hate and intolerance. For the many African countries facing similar problems, they may well have lessons to learn …
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Each year, I construct a Misery Index. The idea of such an index to measure economic misery was introduced by economist Art Okun in the 1960s as a way to provide President Lyndon Johnson with an easily digestible snapshot of …
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In June 2018, a Nigerian senator, Shehu Sani bore his mind on the outrageous monthly allowance of members of the Nigerian Senate. While each Nigerian Senator earns ₦162 million ($450,000) annually in allowances, and ₦9 million ($25,000) as …
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Stats SA recently announced South Africa’s unemployment rate has increased to 27.6 percent. The expanded rate increased to 38 percent, which translates to 9,994,000 unemployed people. It’s a wonder that SA’s unemployment rate isn’t above 45 percent at this point—SA’s …
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The Federal Government’s (FG) plan to arm officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is a misplaced priority. At a time when most security agencies in Nigeria have earned notorious reputations for brutality and extrajudicial killings, an armed FRSC …
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What do Slobodan Milosevic, Robert Mugabe, and Nicolás Maduro have in common? Other than being leaders who kept the Communist Manifesto at their bedside, all three ushered in devastating hyperinflations.
Hyperinflations are rare. They have only occurred when the supply
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In South Africa, it is well known that women suffer the brunt of our many social and economic issues. This is largely how females are viewed across South African culture, rather than as a matter of law. According to the …
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Ghana’s Right to Information Bill (RTI) drafted in 1999 by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and passed by Parliament on March 26, 2019, is set to be implemented in January 2020. But the bill still needs the President’s assent …
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The belief by some South Africans that foreigners are taking their jobs is a misconception that lacks basis. This misconception has over the years, caused several attacks on innocent foreigners with many deaths and displacements. The latest of …
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It is an unmitigated moral tragedy that in the year of celebrating what would have been Mandela’s 101st birthday, the incumbent government has betrayed him on an issue about which he felt strongly. This is the resolution by parliament to …
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