Who speaks for the dead? The sliced, the mangled, the burned and scorched, the disfigured, the future “Miss Landmine”s, the eye-less, the lip-less, the ear-less, the de-virginated, the butt-less, the father-less, the mother-less, and the …

The afternoon sessions here after lunch were for the most part held hostage as the EAC heads of state left hundreds of attendees waiting in vain. It’s just now approaching 6pm here in Kigali and …

This, is what drives us. This, is what motivates us. This, is why we stay up at night. This is another sad day in the history of African politics.
And yet the world stands by… doing …

For voters in the recently held presidential and general elections in Zimbabwe, the choices were very limited and the issues so clear.
“You want to be hungry, unemployed, uneducated, and immobile, without dignity and sewer …

Ghanian-born lead singer of Soulfege, Derrick Ashong, aka DNA, waxed poetic in support for Obama’s presidential run at a recent rally in Hollywood, CA. DNA was interviewed, ok “ambushed” by an identified reporter only …

The BBC Africa web site has posted this week’s image gallery. Featured are a couple of photos I found at once humorous and gut-wrenchingly sad. Humorous because the subject matter clearly illustrated our previous frustrations …

When one is hungry and desires a chicken to eat, it’s logical that one would kill said chicken and eat it. But say one were hungry and possessed half a brain. One would realize that …

The seemingly indestructible Robert Mugabe is at it again. This time taking the podium to denounce his rivals as, “political witches and political prostitutes“, among other choice names he dished out to his rivals in …

United Nations Children’s Fund goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow during a visit to a refugee camp in Darfur in 2006. (Nasser Nasser/Associated Press)
Ok, I have to admit that I am always a bit suspicions of attempts …

As the Barack Obama “Yes we can” train thunders across the breath and width of America, from the blue states to the red states and anything in between, bringing Americans the real hope for real …

From a highly educated nation in Africa to a teacher-less schooling system. From number three tobacco producer in the world to a no number producer of anything; not even wild grass. From a well established …

It is unprecedented. Only in Zimbabwe does one get arrested for laughing at the poor quality of Chinese goods. You can get away with an inward laughter in public or laughing behind closed doors in …

The violence currently sweeping through Kenya following the disputed election results has left me wondering. Why do we hold elections in Africa if they will end in violence all the time? Has violence ever solved …

It was a murmur of voices, hush and impatient. The shuffle of heavily-laden luggage being dragged across the dusty stone floors. A muffle in the speaker system barked orders. A long line of legs streamed …

I called one of my friends who lives in Boston a few days ago. He had just traveled to Kenya just in time for the chaos caused by recent presidential election fiasco.
As he spoke I …

How dare the Archbiship of York, Dr John Sentamu tell the world that Africa’s leaders are hypocrites for turning a blind eye to Mugabe’s power-hungry ways? How dare he suppose that Africa should hold its …