by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 23, 2024 | General, News
In the so-called ‘forgotten war’ in Sudan over 14,000 civilians have been killed since its onset a year ago. In what the United Nations describes as a crisis of epic proportions, there are reports of widespread atrocities, including the use of sexual violence as a...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 11, 2024 | General
The 9th ABP Southampton Marathon was held on Sunday, the 7th of April. It would be my 15th marathon and I approached it as a ‘low stakes’ race with goals no loftier than finishing injury free and having fun. Weather forecast, which had been changeable in the lead...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 3, 2024 | News
I was honoured to share my reflections on the state of Nigeria in This Day Newspaper. Read the full article by clicking on the link below. https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/03/08/one-year-on-from-the-2023-elections
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Feb 29, 2024 | General
A teacher in Kano, northern Nigeria makes a three-hour daily commute to school on foot, no longer able to pay for a ride in a tuktuk rickshaw. A civil servant in Ilorin, central Nigeria, can no longer afford rice for her three children, switching to gaari, made from...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Nov 13, 2023 | General
I was thrilled to be invited to the launch of the PanAfrican Institute at Lukenya University on the 9th of November, and honoured to be presented as a PanAfrican writer showcasing my book, Pillars of Statecraft: Nation Building in a Changing World. Big thank you to...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Sep 25, 2023 | General
The Richmond (London) Run-Fest marathon was scheduled for Sunday the 10th of September 2023. Weather forecast had predicted late summer temperatures of >30 degrees Celsius. It was the hottest marathon I’ve ever run; I had never seen so many ambulances at a race! I...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Sep 11, 2023 | General, News
The African Union (AU) has been made a permanent member of the G20. The Group of Twenty (G20) is an expansion of the G7, originally G8 until Russia’s expulsion in 2014 following its annexation of Crimea. The G7 was founded in 1975 as an informal forum...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Aug 6, 2023 | General, News
The deadline is looming! Screamed the sensationalist headlines as the ultimatum issued to the Nigerien coup leaders arrived on Sunday the 6th of August. A whirlwind of coups in five African countries since 2020: Mali (2020 and 2021), Chad...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Jul 24, 2023 | News
Five African countries have suffered seven successful coups since 2020: Mali (August 2020 and May 2021), Chad (April 2021), Sudan (October 2021), Burkina Faso (January and September 2022), and Guinea (September 2022). Four African countries also faced failed coup...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Jun 27, 2023 | General
A short report from Channels TV Book club highlighting the presentation of Pillars of Statecraft at the Nigerian Institute for International Affairs (NIIA) on Friday, the 16th of...
