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Charles Onyango-Obbo
Ebola sparks alacrity in torpid states
The virus has forced otherwise lethargic African governments to act quickly and effectively.
Africa’s disdain for Mzansi is unwarranted
The African continent tends to view the southern tip in a negative light, ignoring the logs in its own eyes, writes Charles Onyango-Obbo.
Somalia’s invaders will be routed
Nearly 15 years ago the United States sent troops to Somalia to ”restore order”. Their landing was a spectacle orchestrated for the cameras. Somalia was then more divided than it…
Africa needs a Nobel Prize in science
When the announcement came that Kenyan assistant environment minister Wangari Maathai had won the Nobel Peace Prize, I was in far off lands. At a party the following day, quite a…