by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Aug 8, 2024 | News
A social media post replacing tomatoes with more affordable watermelon seeds went viral amidst double digit inflation that is spiralling out of control in Nigeria. In a nation with some of the most arable land on earth, people are going hungry. The...
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 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 | 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...
