Military

Obasanjo and Jimmy Carter

A Memo To Obasanjo

By Akin Osuntokun  Exasperated at a slew of successive military take over of governance in the African coup belt states of Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger and Gabon, President Olusegun Obasanjo came to the conclusion…


Africa's coups

Coups: A Return To History

By Minabere Ibelema On Tuesday, the French News Agency carried a news story with the online headline, “After coups in Mali and Burkina Faso, will Niger be next?” The writer apparently asked about the wrong…