The United States of America, arguably the world’s most powerful country, has a new president-elect. And as expected, it was a most historic election, both in terms of voter participation and in the fact that Donald Trump has refused to concede on (unfounded) claims of voter fraud in state election results that has given Joe Biden...
The world needs more women in leadership or political positions and most of us know this is true. Practically everyone I have spoken to about this completely agrees with this truth, even though in practical terms, few can suggest how. I have heard so many reasons why more women are needed in the political area....
When the US formally left the Paris climate agreement, Joe Biden tweeted that “in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it”. Today, the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement. And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it. https://t.co/L8UJimS6v2 — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 5, 2020 The US announced...
Abuja, Nigeria – As Nigerians protest against SARS, similar protests are also underway in Guinea, Namibia, Zambia, South Africa, and various other African countries. In fact, this report by IRC ranks the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria among the world’s top five countries facing humanitarian crisis in 2020 followed closely by Burkina Faso, Burundi,...
In his best-selling book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century , historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari explains that the principle of democracy operates on the aphorism that “you can fool some of the people all of the time, you can fool all of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all...
As of 16 October, 22 million voters have already cast their ballots in the U.S presidential election, representing roughly 16 percent of the 2016 votes. Analysts are predicting that the voter turnout this year may be highest in all of the presidential elections since 1908. Of course, this election is considered the most important, ever....
Earlier today, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched a petition calling for a Royal Commission into the “abuse of media monopoly in Australia” and focussing specifically on Rupert Murdoch’s media empire– News Corp. In a video release, Rudd explains the petition also aims to make recommendations “for media diversity ownership for the future lifeblood of...
The US presidential election is barely a month away (Tuesday November 3) and as usual, the anticipation of who the masses elect as their leader has become the single biggest news item across the globe. With just weeks to go and with results of numerous election polls flooding in, the actions, inactions and every little utterance...
If I had to guess, the question on the lips of anyone who has come across the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter on Twitter would be: what is happening in Zimbabwe? And the answer is, well, a lot; but for everyone’s benefit, let’s start with the basics. Zimbabwe is a landlocked African nation with a population of about 15.6...
In the midst of this pandemic, the race to the White House has begun and the whole world is watching given the results of the 2020 U.S. elections will have an economic and environmental impact on the rest of the world. The stakes at the moment could not be any higher – international trade, security...
Why are there so few women at the top levels of politics? This question is at the centre of the new book, Women and Leadership, co-authored by Australia’s first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard, and former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Using their personal experiences and interviews with an impressive group of eight women leaders...
The COVID-19 pandemic has so far been a health disaster of immense proportions. In fact, throughout this century, humankind has not witnessed a health catastrophe of such proportions as this. Over 400,000 people have been killed, and thousands more are still unable to go about their businesses as they normally would. As if these aren’t...