Taliban
One of the first things I picked up very early in this business of public affairs analysis is something senior colleagues referred to as Afghanistanism. If you were told a column, story or essay, you had submitted for publication reeked … Read the rest
Donald Trump
The Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump in a 57-43 vote in his second impeachment trial.
The vote came on the fifth day of trial after the House impeached Trump last month on a charge of incitement of … Read the rest
Lil Wayne, Donald Trump, Kodak Black
Lil Wayne received a full presidential pardon and Kodak Black received a commutation from Donald Trump in the president’s final hours in office, CNN and Reuters report. The two rappers’ reprieve comes amid a flurry of pardons as some of … Read the rest
On November 2, 2016, a week before the US Presidential elections of Nov. 8, 2016, Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature told a group of students at Oxford University’s Eretgun House that if Donald Trump was elected President … Read the rest
After watching the carnage visited on the US Congress last week, violent protesters storming the premises in the middle of a session, ransacking various offices including that of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Senate, overwhelming law … Read the rest
Hassan Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the violence at the US Capitol Hill has exposed the fragility of American and Western democracy.
On Wednesday, a mob of Donald Trump supporters broke into Capitol Hill while lawmakers were in the process of … Read the rest
Donald Trump
The most exhilarating part of the US Presidential election 2020 is the fact that President Trump lost the election. It is what many observers thought would happen. They prayed for it. They wished it. In the end, that is what … Read the rest
Joe Biden and Donald Trump
Joe Biden was elected president of the United States on Saturday, defeating President Trump after campaigning on a promise to restore civility and stability to American politics and to expand the government’s role in guiding the country through the surging … Read the rest
Joe Biden
Former U.S. vice president, Joe Biden, has been elected the 46th president of the United States of America.
Mr Biden, 78, won the keen-fought election by scoring 273 electoral college votes against incumbent President Donald Trump’s 214.
An hour earlier, … Read the rest
US President Donald Trump says he will be released from hospital later on Monday, three days after being admitted with Covid-19.
“Feeling really good!” Mr Trump tweeted just before a scheduled briefing from his doctors. He said he would be … Read the rest
