Access to and quality education: How is Africa progressing?
I’ve spent a lifetime championing girls’ and women’s learning, as a former Minister of Education in Guinea and a former…
Political and Social Commentary
Tanzania’s Withdrawal from the African Court on Human and People’s Rights: A Wrong Move for the Country and for the Continent
Amidst growing authoritarianism and intolerance of dissent, Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s latest move takes away the ability of individuals and…
More than 15 female vice-chancellors have led Nigerian universities, but higher education still a man’s world
The recent appointment of Prof Lilian Salami as the vice-chancellor of the University of Benin in Edo state was widely praised. Salami becomes the institution’s 10th head…
Ghana, The Country That Hates Its Citizens
I have not travelled the world but I know every country loves its citizens and gives them priority when it…
Here’s why Ethiopians at Eritrea border reject Abiy’s Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopians and Eritreans along the two countries’ shared border have misgivings about the recent award of the Nobel Peace Prize…
Massacres in Lower Omo, Ethiopia, Call for Urgent Action by the Nobel Laureate PM Abiy Ahmed
In the past few weeks, we have received information that Ethiopian security forces have undertaken major operations to disarm two…