The African Union at 50: Rethinking Pan Africanism

On Saturday Africans will celebrate fifty years since the formation of the African Union (AU) (until 2002 the Organisation for African Unity (OAU)). Half a century later we can, and should, critically analyse the body’s success and truthfully point out its shortcomings. When the OAU was founded in 1963, its primary objective was to help…

Of Retirement, Manchester United and Zimbabwean Politics.

The last four weeks have been some of the most eventful four weeks in the football world ever: Real Madrid and Barcelona were both booted out of the Champions league by the German giants, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich; Manchester United won the Premier League, Sir Alex Ferguson (biggest shocker of the year) announced he is retiring at the…