The difficult task of defeating ISIS and other terrorist groups that emulate them

Bruce Newsome. ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; more transliterately known as the…


The International Criminal Court takes on Laurent Gbagbo head on

Anna Holligan. Inside the courtroom, Laurent Gbagbo seemed unsteady, leaning on his desk as he…


More worries as more Kenyan youths become radicalized

Tonny Onyulo. Three years ago In Nairobi, Kenya, Solomon Osman woke up in a dimly lit room in…


Cumulative official neglect of youths in northern Nigeria now 'rewards' the country with radicalization and insurgency

With youth unemployment close to 83% in most of the northern states of Nigeria, it is easy for the…


The wave of terrorist attacks in Europe and America is creating hardship for African migrants

  Thousands of African migrants and refugees fleeing war, repression and poverty have long…


Treating HIV with One Pill per day has made economic stability in Africa thinkable

AIDS, the once deadly disease with devastating externalities which many in both the lay and medical…


As competition for supremacy amongst terrorist groups intensifies, the death toll of the innocent is the standard of measurement

No sooner was the terrorist assault that killed at least 20 people in Mali’s capital city, Bamako,…


Baggage Handlers In Airports Must Now Undergo Constant Stringent Security Measures If We Value Safety In The Air

  The mid-air explosion of Russian flight 9268 over the Sinai Peninsula this month brings once…


Africa's Growing Economies; A Demoralizing Walk Into The Past

In May 2000, The Economist magazine declared that Africa was "the hopeless continent." Eleven years…