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Editor’s Note: Televisions broadcast happy handshakes between President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron as the U.S. leader hosted his counterpart this week. But behind the smiles a competition for influence is underway—in Africa, Australia, and elsewhere. Add the U.K.

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

On May 25, 2015, l gave a keynote address titled ECOWAS at 40: The Driving Philosophy Of Multinationalism. It was on the occasion of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the creation of ECOWAS under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally worse off than in other post-co

Most French colonies in Africa became independent in the 60s. But most are in poverty, much worse off than other African economies.

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 2022 (IPS) - Colonial-style currency board arrangements have enabled continuing imperialist exploitation decades after the end of formal colonial rule. Such neo-colonial monetary systems persist despite modest reforms. In 2019, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio…

Colonial-style currency board arrangements have enabled continuing imperialist exploitation decades after the end of formal colonial rule. Such neo-colonial monetary systems persist despite modest ref

Imagine reducing a human being — a political leader carrying the hopes and aspirations of millions of people… imagine reducing that person to just one tooth! One tooth — that’s all that remains to show that Patrice Émery Lumumba, a pan-Africanist and former Prime Minister of the Republic of

Togo got independence on April 27, 1960. Sylvanus Olympio who was the Prime Minister since the elections supervised by the UN, became the President of the new Republic.

In this report, AKIN ADEWAKUN reflects on the high points of the just concluded public lecture organized by the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation in marking its