“A nation’s foreign policy begins where its sense of isolation ends”, Premier Zhou Enlai Any serious analysis of China’s overtures towards Africa must be grounded firmly in global geo-politics. When China’s Foreign Minister and State Councillor, Wang Yi, begins his annual diplomatic pilgrimage to Africa on 1 January 2026, he will be doing far more than observing […]

Poetic License was like a dream seeker’s expression when we were in the university. The fact that a writer could be at liberty to use words freely and loosely and also actually ascribe meanings to them, was something totally new and tantalizingly inviting to the creative writing world which already had a lineup of patriarchs and matriarchs […]

From last week continues the narrative on the constitutional roles of traditional rulers in the first republic. It also highlights their little recognition in the 1979 constitution and the non recognition in the 1999 constitution. The 1999 Constitution has no role for traditional rulers in the country. This contradicts the 1979 Constitution, which provided a little role […]

A society does not unravel only when guns drown out laws.  It also weakens when citizens begin to suspect that the text meant to govern them can be quietly adjusted after the ceremony has ended. Once a law loses credibility, enforcement becomes a contest of power rather than a discipline of legitimacy. Compliance turns into a […]

Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments”– Rose Kennedy. There are periods which represent watersheds in the lives of nations. They reveal real potential to trigger and witness changes and events that will affect lives in more ways than other moments. The year 2026 appears to be one of them. It could set […]