August 29, 2022 PERENNIAL dependency on the export of commodities no longer augurs well for the economies of many African countries in the wake of soaring global food and energy prices as well as the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine. The warning comes in the Economic Development […]
August 24, 2022 THE planned return of 72 Benin Bronzes by a British museum to Nigeria should not go ahead because the move will benefit descendants of Africans who sold slaves during the Transatlantic slave trade, an African American group fighting for “slavery justice” has said. Earlier this month, the Charity Commission in the UK […]
August 8, 2022 NIGERIAN authorities have welcomed the decision by a museum in the UK to return ownership to Nigeria of 72 Benin Bronzes, which were looted by British forces in 1897. The Horniman Museum and Gardens in South London said that its Board of Trustees took the decision to send back the artefacts, which […]
July 28, 2022 THE fighting that broke out between Libyan militias in Tripoli on July 22, killing at least 13 people, including three children, highlights the state of disarray in the country despite interventions by the UN and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrest the situation. The clashes – between forces backing the same […]