Thirty years ago, the leader of Burkina Faso’s revolution, Thomas Sankara, was cut down in a hail of bullets — a bloody end to a turbulent yet charismatic life that today has gained cult status in Africa. The young army captain who took power in the deeply poor nation in 1983 has been nicknamed “Africa’s …
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The bar is set so low for Donald Trump that every day he doesn’t trigger a nuclear confrontation with a distant adversary is seen as a bonus. Today was one such day, as Trump signalled that he would not, after all, tear up the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as many – including his closest …
A whole town wiped out, and only recently any acknowledgment Slocum resident Henry Rogers recalls what he knows of the massacre that threatened to rid his town of its black residents more than a century ago. (Ron T. Ennis/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT via Getty Images) Charlie Wilson, Cleveland Larkin, and Willustus “Lusk” Holley were walking down …
This piece is inspired by the sad story of British Airways cabin executive Joanne Wickenden, who recorded a video that went viral. In it she lamented the ways of Nigerian Travelers (more like the Economy Class Gang, actually), saying, “All the Nigerians are gonna be there like ‘gimme Coca Cola, gimme me beef, why you …
The statue allegedly cost N520 million to construct I use to think that Mr. Rochas Okorocha is only incompetent as most of his 35 other colleagues. Now I know his situation is beyond that. Of all people, he pick fellow corrupt ruler to honour. Jacob Zuma? A man whose people march the streets daily to …
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