Only Politics

Joseph Conrad in his classic Heart of Darkness once and for all showed how Africa will always be the focus of colonial exploitation. First it was Europe, now it is Russia and China. They do not care for the people but only the oil and gas there. The African people are lulled into believing that [...]

President Robert Mugabe can well afford to sign the solemn pledge to maintain democracy in Zimbabwe at the EU-Africa meet in Portugal. Of the African leaders who have signed the declaration, thirteen have seized power by force and two of them received power on a platter by inheritance. Such pledges mean nothing but mere pious [...]

Kenya, one of the prosperous nations in the war ravaged African continent, is on the verge of being embroiled in a land war of wider scale. According to the UNICEF, women and children are suffering the most in a bitter conflict over a proposed land distribution scheme in the fertile Mt.Elgon region. The world might [...]

Kenya, one of the prosperous nations in the war ravaged African continent, is on the verge of being embroiled in a land war of wider scale. According to the UNICEF, women and children are suffering the most in a bitter conflict over a proposed land distribution scheme in the fertile Mt.Elgon region. The world might [...]

We are very much aware of the hostilities and human suffering that are deeply connected with conflicts across the African continent. Yet the situation is far worse than what we see, read and feel sitting thousands of miles away from the conflict zones. UNICEF has warned that rape and sexual violence in some of the [...]

Chad, a landlocked country in Africa seems to be particularly influenced by marked violence from regions like Darfur. The black rebels in the country have led to a hostile bid against the President of Chad, Idriss Deby who is facing rebellious attacks and violence over his administration and governance. The President has finally declared an [...]

According to The Independent’s Steve Bloomfield, Somalia is the world’s forgotten catastrophe. The following quotation from Mr. Bloomfield’s article reveals the sheer magnitude of the east African country’s humanitarian and political devastation. According to the UN, the worst catastrophe in Africa is not taking place in Kenya, or even Darfur. Fifteen years after the disastrous [...]

It does not seem that the violence in Kenya will end some time soon. People in the streets are attacked and lynched to death. According to the International Crisis Group, armed groups on both the opposition and government sides are mobilizing for fresh attacks. For those not aware, the roots of this ongoing Kenyan violence [...]

President Bush’s five nation tour of Africa was chiefly to bring to the notice of Americans that the Bush presidency is much more than Iraq. He avoided trouble spots like Kenya and Darfur, because the trip was to highlight the success stories of US aid to African countries to fight disease. It seems to be [...]

Somalia remains one of the chaotic nations in the world where peace seems to hide its face away from the African nation. With the Islamist rebels gaining control of the country, I wonder how the crisis is being handled by its government? When will the riots and killings end? What the news on Somalia shows [...]