By George Ayittey Coconut coup in Zimbabwe They can’t even get it right. Where in the world do you stage a coup and then two days later, allow the president you have deposed give a university graduation speech and hand out degrees. Coconut Generals. Babangida will dismiss them as amateurs Look, a real coup makes […]

By Gab Oguda There is this case in South Africa that has gripped the nation since last month. A woman, aptly nicknamed Lion Mama, in Eastern Cape province, was coming back to her house last month from work. It was like any other day, until she makes it within 100 metres to the main door […]

Humanity’s Weakness – Too Much of Anything. By Dorcas Sarkozy This past Sunday October 1, the worst mass shooting in America’s history took place in of all places, “Sin City” aka Las Vegas. A sixty-six-year-old white male trained his high-powered automatic rifle and picked off revelers attending a country music festival. The carnage was so […]

How do other countries security compare to U.S security? (Love this answer from quora). I land at Tel Aviv, entering Israel for the first time. My passport proudly states my place of birth as “Pakistan,” a country that doesn’t recognize Israel (and actually has a passport that states “Valid for every country except Israel”). I […]