Today’s Wall Street Journal carried an edifying op-ed penned by Mokgweetsi Masisi, the President of Botswana. That Southern African country of a little over two and a quarter million inhabitants is being overrun by elephants. In the mid-1990s, President Masisi …
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Over the past two years conflict has escalated in North West and South West Cameroon. Cameroon is a bilingual country (English and French) and these two regions are the country’s English-speaking areas. The conflict started when lawyers and teachers held …
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President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on 20 June. The speech was filled with rousing language as well as conciliatory offers to work together with members of the opposition. Unfortunately, no new details of …
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The bill recently passed by the lower chamber of the Nigerian National Assembly to prohibit the use, manufacture, and importation of plastic bags will likely fail to solve the country’s plastic pollution problem. Although plastic pollution is a global environmental …
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The following is the video and transcription of African Liberty’s contributor, Scott Morgan before the Canadian Parliament on Thursday, Jun 13, 2019, 12:05 PM – 1:58 PM
Good Afternoon. My name is Scott Morgan, and I am the Chair of …
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The whole world is worried about Africa, and with good reason. Late last year the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank approved a $34 billion debt relief package for 22 of what they classify as “heavily indebted poor countries”; …
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In 2013, after the passing of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA), NOI Polls independently conducted the first Social Perception Survey on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights in Nigeria to explore the views of Nigerians regarding homosexuality and …
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The poorest continent in the world is about to lend a hand to the United States. Last week, Africa implemented the world’s largest free-trade area, and that’s great news for American foreign policy. Back in December, U.S. National Security Advisor
Last week, President Obama hosted the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. He welcomed over 40 African heads of state and their outsized entourages to what was a festive affair. Indeed, even the Ebola virus in West Africa failed to …
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The Wall Street Journal of August 31st carried an edifying op-ed by Kit Ramgopal and Matt Cooke. The title of their piece “Xanda the Lion Is Dead, but Trophy Hunting Helps His Kin” announces their thesis. That, as …
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