Ahmed Kamara – Newstime Africa

UK work visa for elite graduates is exclusive and based on flawed assu...

June 24, 2022 no comments

The UK’s high potential individual visa demonstrates short-sightedness about the experience, insights and skills that graduates from the global South could bring to the UK. Shutterstock Orla Quinlan,...

How Kenya’s degree requirement for top political posts turned into a f...

June 24, 2022 no comments

Simon Maina/AFP/GettyImages Maina wa Mutonya, National School of Anthropology and History The rush for academic credentials is nothing new ahead of a Kenyan election. Candidates are challenged about ...

How the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is 21st-century imp...

April 26, 2022 no comments

Parvati Nair, Queen Mary University of London In announcing his plan to partner with Rwanda to manage migration, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed, on April 14 2022, that the UK is “a beacon of op...

Introducing William Samoei Ruto – The next president of Kenya

February 15, 2022 no comments

Who Exactly is William Ruto? William Samoei Arap Ruto is a Kenyan politician who serves as Kenya’s Deputy President. He has served as a deputy president since 2013. William Ruto’s Early L...

A decade later, no end in sight for Libya’s political transition

January 27, 2022 no comments

A man waves a Libyan flag as a fighter jet flies by Zueitina oil terminal in 2016. Abdullah Doma/AFP via Getty Images Jacob Mundy, Colgate University Two days before Libyans were to go to the ballots...

Somaliland’s quest for recognition: UK debate offers hint of a sea cha...

January 27, 2022 no comments

Somaliland’s newfound strategic importance has been both a gift and a curse. GettyImages Matthew Gordon, SOAS, University of London While the rest of the Horn of Africa region is making waves on the ...

Olu Jacobs: Nollywood’s elder statesman has always acted for his count...

January 27, 2022 no comments

Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva at the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Ameyaw Debrah/Wikimedia Commons Françoise Ugochukwu, The Open University Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, the Nigerian film producer ...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: father of South Africa’s ‘rainbow nation’...

January 8, 2022 no comments

Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Epa/Ian Langsdon P. Pratap Kumar, University of KwaZulu-Natal Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has died at the age of 90. Archbishop Tutu earned the respect and love of...

Making sense of Wole Soyinka’s difficult and brilliant new novel

January 8, 2022 no comments

Wole Soyinka in 2017. THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images David Attwell, University of York A new novel by celebrated Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka – Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on ...

Dr. Babatunde Ahonsi, the UN Resident Rep. in Sierra Leone suggests th...

January 8, 2022 1 comment

In a move far from the traditional approach to diplomacy, the United Nations Representative in Sierra Leone, Dr. Babatunde Ahonsi, has said in a statement that the government of Sierra Leone lacks th...

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