President Buhari died the way he lived: shrouded in mystery, from a sickness he refused to disclose, leaving a nation to speculate. Even in death, he remains an enigma. Many Nigerians still believe he died years ago and that an impostor ruled in his place. While I reject that fantasy, it speaks volumes about our country: no one knows who…
What do you call a group that drags neighbors from their homes, stones them, and burns them alive—witch hunters, or political thugs? In Burundi, the line has all but disappeared. According to Radio France Internationale (RFI), “a group of armed young men broke into the homes of around ten people late on Monday evening and dragged them out by force.…
Pope Leo’s recent appointment of five Africans to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life brought joy and hope to many across the continent. In the Holy See Press Office bulletin of Tuesday, June 24, the Holy Father named Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero of Rabat (Morocco), Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), Bishop…