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Hardi Yakubu

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Politics and Society7 months ago
Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
Rapid decolonisation is a prerequisite for African emancipation, and Free Movement is a great step towards that.
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“Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God. Africa Must Unite” — Kwame Nkrumah
Hardi Yakubu recently visited the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa and paid a courtesy call to Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. The letter assesses how the organisation that...

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On abortions: Empathy over judgement

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Hardi Yakubu

Stories By Hardi Yakubu

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation

“Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God. Africa Must Unite” — Kwame Nkrumah

Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office

Yoweri Museveni: ageing Uganda president rides on the memory of his past heroics

If We Must Win: A Love Letter to My Little Brother

Thulani Maseko’s absence weakens Eswatini’s struggle for democracy

Putting the recent coups in the Sahel in broader perspective

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s new novel is a modern Nigerian tragedy about the rich and the poor

Zimbabwe heads to the polls amid high inflation, a slumping currency and a cost of living crisis

Letter to President Ruto – Make Africa Climate Summit African

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya revisits the past under erasure in A Portrait of Emlanjeni

Africans Rising statement on Niger coup

Route to reparations yet to make any headway

In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah

Zimbabwe heads for yet another disputed election

Africa at the Women’s World Cup football: Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia could cause upsets

Africa at the Netball World Cup: four teams are set to inspire the continent

“Unapologetic about the youth revolution,” — in conversation with Youth4Parliament’s Mary Mwaba

Nelson Mandela’s legacy is taking a battering because of the dismal state of South Africa

Will the Russia-Africa Summit balance pageantry and politics?

Statement: Africans Rising condemns police brutality against protesters in Kenya

Getting a grip on Borderless Africa’s foot soldiers

Benin’s 30m ‘Amazon’ statue honours the women warriors of Dahomey

Saudi Arabia is a modern slave hub and graveyard for African migrant workers

The Village Pope has passed: remembering Tsepo Tshola, Lesotho’s musical giant

Women behind the decks: The rise of South Africa’s female Amapiano DJs

What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn’t a homophobe

Alliance High School appoints new head — the smooth transition marks a new dawn

Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies

Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation

South Africa approves the use of the Dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention

Nigeria and South Africa triumph at the 2023 Grammys

Cartoon | Nigeria elections 2023

Beyoncé is going on a world tour. Why she shouldn’t ignore Africa

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word

Three Silences of Winky D

The kinky! It’s part of me

Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption

Angelique Kidjo: the diva from Benin could win a record sixth Grammy Award

Nigeria’s currency redesign and withdrawal limits: questionable policy and bad timing

Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point

Ghana ranked Africa’s best and Eritrea worst in World Press Freedom Index

On abortions: Empathy over judgement