The brief handshake between US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro at South African leader Nelson Mandela's funeral triggered a wave of speculation and expectation over future relations…
Three global black leaders-Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan and Colin Powell-were widely admired for their grace and natural authority. Three great politicians-Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Kim Dae-jung of South Korea…
Nelson Mandela has passed away and the world is suddenly orphaned. This towering icon of icons once described his eventful life as a “long walk to freedom”. This was an…
Back when the groundswell for Nelson Mandela’s freedom from incarceration began gathering momentum across the West in the 1980s, it wasn’t unusual for supporters of South Africa’s racist regime to…
IS Britain`s Prime Minister David Cameron an unabashed hypocrite, or is he merely another Conservative politician? His tribute to Nelson Mandela, delivered before cameras perched outside his famous address 10…
There's no two ways about it: Africa's leadership is in decline. Corruption and poverty remain high, data shows, while a small elite prospers and heads of state demand immunity from…
Pakistan, and to a lesser extent, the international community waited with bated breath in the hope that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to Malala Yousafzai. Had this…
Narrowly missing being named the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, the young Pakistani girl who achieved international fame after being shot in the head and neck on…
A Couple of months ago, it was reported that the ambulance conveying Nelson Mandela from Johannesburg to a hospital in Pretoria had broken down, entailing a 40-minute wait before he…
If you blame the army chief and the DG ISI for the OBL ignominy, aren’t you in fact helping the Indians and the Americans who’d like to weaken our army…
