By James Rickards. In 1971, President Nixon imposed national price controls and took the United States off the gold standard,…
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By Ashish J. Thakkar. More movies are made in Nigeria than Hollywood each year. M-pesa, arguably the world’s most successful…
The price of oil halved between June 2014 and March 2015. This was mainly due to increased oil supply –…
Vera Songwe. As President Obama said during his recent address at the African Union, “There’s a lot that I’d…
By Narayan, Deepa, Ed.; Petesch, Patti, Ed. This book, the last volume in a three-part series, draws on a large-scale…
Wend William. The phenomenon of migrants traversing the hostile terrain of northern Africa to Europe is not new—not the routes…
Edward Paice and Jonathan Bhalla. “China: friend or foe?” was the title of a special Q & A session with…
Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria. This month, the world moved a step closer to the defeat of Boko Haram, the…
Armin Rosen. The recent move by Boko Haram’s leader to pledge the jihadist group’s allegiance to ISIS caused widespread…
Charles Ellison. Perhaps not, but there’s not much dispute on the reasons for President Obama’s most recent trip to Africa.…