June 27

• Africa: Where Are the 400 Benin Bronzes? [opinion]

  Many museums in Europe and America are facing a financial crisis and from recent reports, it would not be unreasonable to assume that they may be tempted to sell, loan, transfer,... Read more »

• Tanzania: Tanzania Told to Sever Link With Monsanto [opinion]

  Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete is an enthusiastic supporter of Monsanto, but now pressure is mounting on his government to reject GMO technologies as solutions to end hunger Read more »

• Africa: Contextualizing Obama's Visit to Africa [analysis]

  In recent years, the United States has increasingly been sidelined in areas of deep economic transformation in Africa because US engagement with Africa has been primarily through... Read more »

June 26

• Uganda: U.S.-Taliban Talks - A Lesson for Kagame and Museveni [opinion]

  The current US-Taliban talks now remove any pretexts Kagame and Museveni might have not to talk to the FDLR and to the LRA, respectively. Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete's... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: International Discourse On Sexual Violence As Security Threat in Congo [opinion]

  Without identifying the structural causes of sexual violence which emanate from cultural, political and economic factors on the national and global scale, the problem will remain.... Read more »

June 20

• Africa: Fear and Freedom in Africa [opinion]

  The biggest problem facing African youth today is not a lack of opportunity, or poverty, or whatever. Our biggest problem from where I stand is our inability to see ourselves with... Read more »

• Africa: Encouraging Diaspora Youth to Contribute to National Development - The Eritrean Case [opinion]

  There is a need to teach African youth in the diaspora to keep their identity while also providing them with opportunities to play a role as active citizens in their countries of... Read more »

• Africa: Young Africans Living Abroad and Their Engagement in African Politics [opinion]

  Africa is moving forward and with it are young, bright and innovative people who are positioning themselves to take a creative, critical and concrete role in its development. Young... Read more »

• Africa: Get Up Stand Up - Youths in the Age of Revolution [opinion]

  There are many contemporary questions regarding emancipation, transformation, unity, and rights for which today's youth must seek answers, taking inspiration from the gallant... Read more »

• Malawi: Revisiting and Rebranding Malawi Young Pioneers [opinion]

  The Malawi Young Pioneers Movement, which unfortunately became a terror militia to prop up the Banda regime, should be revisited by the Malawi government with the goal of involving... Read more »

• South Africa: South Africa Youth Day 2013 [opinion]

  The Soweto student protests in 1976 marked the high point of youth revolt against the oppression of the apartheid regime. Today, young people in independent South Africa face new... Read more »

• Kenya: Kenya At 50 - Youth Have Nothing to Smile About [opinion]

  cc B PWill the much-vaunted new Constitution change the dismal fortunes of the youth for the better? It provides that the State shall take measures to ensure that the youth have... Read more »

• Somalia: Youth of Somalia - From Heroes to Criminals and Victims [opinion]

  The prolonged civil war changed everything for Somali youth. Hopeless, they became prey to a host of unscrupulous warlords, politicians and religious fanatics. Hundreds of young... Read more »

• Africa: Youth As Assets? If You Say So... [opinion]

  While it is key that youth who are vulnerable and marginalized are protected, brought to the mainstream and essentially empowered, it is also important to locate the assets within... Read more »

• Africa: Youth Unite for a Better World [opinion]

  All over the globe young people face similar and dissimilar problems: issues of oppression, economic, political and social injustice in various manifestations. They must globally... Read more »

• Africa: The Skipped Generation [opinion]

  Anyone who has aspirations of becoming a president or prime minister in their country has a steep hill to climb. The liberators/revolutionaries are still sitting pretty and in some... Read more »

June 19

• Nigeria: Multiple Modes of Livelihood and Survival Strategies of Nigerian Youth [analysis]

  A Contemporary socio-political and economic conditions engendered by poor governance and the contradictions of decadent capitalism have led the youth into unemployment,... Read more »

• Africa: I Believe in an Africa Fit for Women and Girls [opinion]

  Being a young African woman is perhaps the most perilous form of identity in the continent. But there is growing recognition that Africa's progress will be directly determined by... Read more »

• Africa: How Ugandan Youth Are Coping in the Diaspora [opinion]

  They provide a model for other youth in diaspora to emulate: keeping in touch with one's culture and religion; how to settle in a foreign land; creativity in employment; long-term... Read more »

• Africa: Dialogue, Not a Monologue - Africa Youths Yearning to be Heard [opinion]

  African youth have been the drivers of revolutions in the past two years. However, to be more effective in bringing about desired change in their nations and the continent, they... Read more »

• Malawi: Why Malawi Must Consider Free Secondary Education [opinion]

  The question of whether or not Malawi should start considering the feasibility of providing free secondary school education is really one of whether or not Malawi should consider... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Educorruption and the Miseducation of Ethiopian Youth [opinion]

  The rulers in Ethiopia continue to use higher educational institutions not as places of learning, inquiry and research but as diploma mills for a new breed of party hacks and... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: CV and Cover Letter Trainings in Freetown [opinion]

  Sierra Leone is emerging from a decade of civil war and although education and training opportunities for young people are expanding, there is a clear gap in enhancing job... Read more »

• Africa: Message to a Younger Radical Activist On Preparing for Organizational Leadership [opinion]

  There are essential knowledge, skills and attitudes which are critical to one's role as a radical organizer. Young activists need to master them Read more »

• South Sudan: Crisis of Youth or Crisis of Society in South Sudan? [opinion]

  The newly independent nation is beset by a host of problems of underdevelopment arising from slavery, wars and fragmentation of society. The serious hardships facing young people,... Read more »