The dramatic year 2008 has finally come to an end. We are now into the year 2009 and, unlike this time last year, there is more fear than enthusiasm. For us in Africa, 2008 has been a year of unmitigated disaster. Our barbarism was brought to the fore in the charade of elections in Zimbabwe [Continue]

The story of the carange in Jos is yet to be fully told. But the suffering of people is real.Some displaced persons following the macabre display of madness during the Friday, November 28, 2008 crisis arising from the local government elections in Plateau State have been speaking on their experiences. The crisis claimed hundreds of [Continue]

The last may not have been heard over the riots that killed over 400 people in Jos Capital of Plateau State. The Police in the restive town of Kaduna have rounded some persons who were said to inciting Muslims to go on revenge attacks.The Police in Kaduna have arrested two people for allegedly distributing inciting [Continue]

When the authorities of the Federal Government College (FGC) at Kwali, a suburb of Abuja decided to fell some trees in the school premises in attempt to keep the environment clean, little did they know that they were in for some unpleasant surprises. Few days after the trees had been hewn down, the pupils themselves [Continue]