Following my recent articles on Africa, I find myself in Lagos, arguably the most populous city in Africa, and the bustling entertainment and commercial capital of black Africa.

I am here because I have been invited to perform at the prestigious international Lagos Jazz Series (www.lagosjazzseries.com),...

NATO's military intervention in Libya (a word in Classical Greece which was used to denote the whole of Africa), is seen by many Africans as an impediment to the development of regional response mechanisms and institutions like the African Union, a setback in intercontinental trust and an effort...

Terrorism is nothing new. Despite the recent discussions of a New African Terrorism.

In fact, one of the earliest recorded acts of terrorism was used thousands of years ago by the Greeks during the Trojan War. The wooden Trojan Horse containing Greek soldiers was unwittingly dragged into the gates of...

During the riots we were forced to acknowledge the existence of Two Britains; one in which the rule of law was upheld and where people shared a common set of moral values, and a shadow Britain of morally displaced others who do not share these values. David Cameron has referred...