My Christian friends have been calling me Alhaji over the years, and each time I restrain myself from telling them I have not yet been to Makkah to assume that title, lest they feel hurt or embarrassed. So I let it go. Hajj is one of the pillars of Islam, which is incumbent on every […]
Paris – Top diplomats from France, Germany and the European Union are set to push for more funding for Sudan on Monday at a meeting in Paris to mark the first anniversary of the war. NGOs and Sudanese civil society also hope that the meetings will hold Sudanese military leaders to account. France is seeking […]
Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has said the federal government needs to do a lot more to turn the nation’s economy into the path of growth and recommended, macroeconomic stability, improving forex availability, and power supply among others to address the socio-economic challenges confronting Nigeria. The umbrella body for employers in the country lamented that […]
Mauritius’ heavy dependence on food imports makes it vulnerable to global commodity and supply disruptions, but collaborative sustainable interventions are making a difference This is a particularly interesting time to be the Resident Co-ordinator for a small island state like Mauritius. Since my arrival in the country in 2022, I have experienced the impact of […]
The South African Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, recently lost a court case that anyone could have anticipated was unwinnable. He probably expected to lose it too. He lost it on humanitarian and technical grounds. It prevents him from terminating the South African government’s concession to refugees from neighbouring Zimbabwe nearly fifteen years ago. […]