African Leaders
1 Apr
As the world grapples with the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, it has opened the door for African leadership on a global stage. The new best-selling book released this month, Middle East in Crisis andConflict: A Primer, by leading geopolitical strategist Taufiq Rahim, serves as a critical tool for experts and leaders alike, and…
5 Jan
The stark possibility of Africa remaining a permanently underdeveloped and poverty-afflicted continent has always manifested in the running of affairs of the continent from the prisms of many countries; and the picture lately presented by the President of African Development Bank Group...
26 Nov
The Visioner of Handlifters Praying Group, Pastor Chinyere Adegboye and its members, have called for a paradigm shift in the minds of African leaders. They charged Africans to rise up and put an end to colonial mentality and inferiority complex that are pulling back Africa’s development. Speaking during this year’s Prayer Conference, Fundraising and Book…
20 Oct 2023
The advisory board of the Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC) has formally announced recipients of 2021/2022 Zik Prize In Leadership Awards. Making the announcement on behalf of PPRAC, the Head, Selection Committee, Prof. Pat Utomi, said that since the inception of Zik Prize In Leadership Award in 1995 by PPRAC in honour of…
12 Oct 2023
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, urged African leaders to find home-grown solutions to the myriads of problems confronting the continent.
15 Sep 2023
The African continent appears to be in moments of coup ferment. Surprises against the state are not new in these parts. Last July, the military took over in Niger from the elected government of President Mohamed Bazoum ostensibly for ‘army reason.
9 Sep 2023
African leaders have called for collective global action in resource mobilisation for both development and climate action
4 Sep 2023
ECOWAS member-States are worried, not because of the masses, but because they want to protect political leaders who are afraid. Togo is worried.
1 Sep 2023
Following the seizure of power by Gabonese military junta on Wednesday, making the country the 7th in the wave of countries to succumb to military coup in the continent, Rwanda and Cameroon yesterday unveiled significant shifts in their security forces, impacting senior military personnel.
30 Jul 2023
President Vladimir Putin on Sunday praised Russia's navy in an address at an annual warship parade in Saint Petersburg, which he attended accompanied by several African leaders.
27 Jul 2023
African leaders have arrived Saint Petersburg ahead of the second Russia-Africa Summit, which kicks off today. 49 African delegations and 17 heads of state will take part in the two-day summit and economic forum.
2 Jul 2023
African leaders in private, public sectors, civil society and academia have concluded plans to gather in Lagos during the African Leadership Review Summit and Awards, to discuss issues affecting Africa and how the continent can harness its vast resources...
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