November 2021




Sudanese protesters lift national flags as they rally on 60th Street in the capital Khartoum

Sudan Activists Reject Power-Sharing With Army, Call Strikes

By Fay Abuelgasim And Samy Magdy Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military after last month’s coup, announcing two days of nationwide strikes starting Sunday….


Duchess Of Sussex

Hello, Senator? This Is The Duchess Of Sussex Calling

BBC She didn’t get her royal title from America, but that hasn’t stopped the Duchess of Sussex from weighing in on an ongoing US political debate. Meghan this week reportedly cold-called Republican Senators to advocate…


Boko Haram

The Rise Of Separatists And Terrorists

By Shaka Momodu It is very tempting to just sit back and black out the daily horrors bombarding Nigeria. These include the mindless carnage and butchery of human lives, the sheer audacity of terrorists/bandits armed…


Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct sex scene.

Why Hollywood Is Shunning Sex

By Christina Newland While society becomes more sexually open, there are fewer sex scenes in mainstream cinema than ever. Has film really entered a newly Puritan age, asks Christina Newland. Fred MacMurray obsesses over the…


Nigerians

Did They Say Another World Is Possible?

By Eddy Odivwri I was eager and excited when in 2006, fifteen years ago, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a German Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) selected me as one of the Nigerian journalists to attend the World…