The much anticipated general elections in Nigeria is here. It is a staggered election with a 3 week span. Most people have concluded that this is a “make or mar” elections for Nigeria, as the gubernatorial, state and federal parliamentary elections climaxing with the presidential elections are billed to take place within this 3 week… Continue reading As Nigeria Goes to The Polls
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Africa Command: Opportunity for Engagement or the Militarization of U.S.-Africa Relations? Dr Wafula Okumu
Background Until recently, Africa has not been strategically attractive to the U.S. This is partly because U.S. interests in Africa had not been clearly defined and it had no bureaucratic structure to manage those almost nonexistent interests. For a long time, the strategic thinking has been that the U.S. has “no compelling interests in Africa”… Continue reading Africa Command: Opportunity for Engagement or the Militarization of U.S.-Africa Relations? Dr Wafula Okumu