Drowning in Silence: Sudan’s Christian Women and Children Slaughtered as the World Looks Away
The violence unfolding in Sudan is a moral emergency that risks being consigned to the margins of global awareness. In the war-torn country, the paramilitary force Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other armed actors have carried out a string of atrocities that bear the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing and possibly genocide. Yet, the world, for […]
How Mamdani’s Muslim Candidacy Redefines New York Politics
The mayoral race for New York City has taken on heightened intensity, full of strategic maneuvers, identity politics, and profound questions about the city’s future. A dramatic three-way mayoral contest is unfolding, pitting former governor Andrew Cuomo (I) against Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. With the general election set for Nov. 4, the race […]
‘Jack Sees Me’: How African Diaspora Voters Are Shaking Up New Jersey’s Race
As New Jersey’s gubernatorial race enters its final stretch, a little-noticed force is rising in the state’s political calculus: Africans in the diaspora. Once taken for granted by Democrats, this bloc is increasingly visible, vocal, and, in some corners, mobilized behind Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, even as his Democratic counterpart, Mikie Sherrill, maintains a narrow […]
No Kings, No Crowns: America’s Democracy Faces a Reckoning
This Saturday, tens of thousands of Americans will once more take to the streets under the banner of the “No Kings” protest, over 2,500 events are scheduled across all 50 states, as organizers seek to dramatize a warning: U.S. democracy is not immutable but a fragile experiment that must be actively defended. Democracy as an […]
How the Scriptures That Were Twisted to Colonize Africans Can Liberate Them
In the winding chambers of ancient Thebes, long before the scrolls of Rome and the cathedrals of Europe, Africans worshipped a God of unity, justice, and resurrection. From the Nile Valley rose not only pyramids, but philosophies, scientific knowledge, and spiritual traditions that predate Christianity and Islam by millennia. Yet, somewhere between Alexandria and Amsterdam, […]
Peter Obi? Nigerians Need a New Dawn, Not a Familiar Face
When Nigerians cast their ballots in the 2023 general election, a wave of hope swept across the country. Peter Obi, the former governor of Anambra State, emerged as the face of a movement promising to break the cycle of corruption and stagnation. For millions of young Nigerians, Obi symbolized an alternative to the ruling elite. […]
Africa Deserves More Than Lip Service at the United Nations
The United Nations, the global institution ostensibly founded to safeguard peace, justice, and human rights, has long worn a mask of universality. But beneath that veneer lies a stark reality: Africa, a continent of 1.4 billion people, remains sidelined, structurally excluded from the most powerful decision-making body on Earth, the Security Council. The five permanent […]
Can the African Union shed dependence and match the EU’s Effectiveness?
The African Union, established in 2002 as the successor to the Organization of African Unity (OAU), was envisioned as a continental body capable of forging unity, security, and economic integration across Africa. But two decades on, questions persist about whether the AU plays a meaningful, independent role or simply echoes the interests of foreign powers. […]
The Druze in Syria: A Crisis on the Edge of Ethnocide?
Violence has escalated in southern Syria’s Druze-majority region of Suwayda, prompting international concern over whether the Syrian government’s military operations amount to ethnic cleansing. Meanwhile, Israel’s unprecedented military involvement in the conflict has raised further questions about regional stability and humanitarian obligations. Clashes that started earlier this month between local Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin […]
Can President Trump revoke citizenship? A Constitutional Debate
In recent weeks, former President Donald J. Trump has publicly mused about revoking U.S. citizenship from political critics, from Rosie O’Donnell to Elon Musk, prompting fierce legal and public backlash. But beneath the provocative rhetoric lies a constitutional truth, affirmed by decades of jurisprudence: no president may unilaterally strip an American of citizenship. The Fourteenth […]