Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye, Business a.m.’s Editorial Advisor, who graduated in veterinary medicine from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, before establishing himself in science and public policy journalism and communication, also has a postgraduate diploma in public administration, and is a former special adviser to two former Nigerian ministers of agriculture. He specialises in development and policy issues in the areas of food, trade and competition, security, governance, environment and innovation, politics and emerging economies.


SUDAN WAS ONE UNTIL July 2011. The split into two had a long history behind it. The bitter wars and the inevitable division into the

SUDAN WAS ONE UNTIL July 2011. The split into two had a long history behind it. The bitter wars and the inevitable division into the

OPPORTUNITY FOR emancipation is knocking at Africa’s door now. But while this happens, it matters a great deal what Africa does

AFRICAN UNION (AU), the various regional economic communities (RECs), and a whole lot of heads of nations’ heads of government within

EXTERNALITIES COME AS inevitable variables in international diplomatic relations. They need to be controlled, especially those at the

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The era of unprecedented real rat race is here and there is an urgent need to brace for it. A GLOCAL phenomenon is unfolding before

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STABILITY, NOT DEMOCRACY, is the main interest of France in Chad. Its resources still remain one main reason for the continued

SENEGAL’S RECENT COMMENTS on France was another bad news that France may find difficult to shrug off. Whether France saw it