June 19, 2013
Cameroon will on June 24 to 25, 2013 welcome Heads of state and other world leaders for the first ever international meeting on...
For God and country, I salute beleaguered and disowned former Attorney-General, Mr. Martin Amidu. His successful lone crusade to seek...
I wanted to write a damning indictment of the state of higher education in Kenya, but thanks to the BBC World Service, I realized...
The Nigerian educational system has failed and it is currently failing. Virtually everyone agrees with this. Sadly though,...
African Liberty launches $3000 essay competition
The Nation CAMPUSLIFE in collaboration with Blantyre newspaper, Malawi, AfricanLiberty.org and Network for a Free Society, is calling for entries into an essay competition. [Learn More!]
Students and Young Professionals African Liberty Academy 2013
This year’s Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy Seminar will be held at Kabarak University - Nakuru, Kenya from August 14-17, 2013.
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We are happy to announce that our Swahili version of notable libertarian texts are now available. We would be publishing the works of Frederick Bastiat, John Staurt Mill, Freidrich Hayek, Cato, Tom Palmer, and many others. We would be grateful if our Swahili speaking friends will spread the word in East Africa in particular.
1. Hernando de Soto's, "Bringing Capitalism to the Masses"
2. Erik Gartzke’s, "Economic Freedom and Peace"
3. F. A. Hayek’s, "The Use of Knowledge in Society"
4. F. A. Hayek’s , "Competition as a Discovery Procedure"
5. Ludwig Lachmann's, "The Market Economy and the Distribution of Wealth"
6. Frederic Bastiat's, "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen"
For nearly a century, the supposed citadel of capitalism, America, harboured a dark socialist secret. The US government created Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other GSEs with the sole purpose of flooding housing markets with subprime (low-return, high-risk) credit. GSEs are 'Government Sponsored Enterprises'. That they extended credit recklessly on an unimaginable scale is a consequence not a cause of the subprime problem.
In the wake of the Chinese food scare, African countries appear to be urging extra vigilance in the quality of products they purchase from Asia. But as this Ugandan experience shows, marketing fake and expired products is becoming the hall mark of Asian supermarkets in the country.
The rumpus between the maverick Jacob Zuma and the conscientious Thabo Mbeki have never been this bitter. It is certainly bitter sweet for Jacob Zuma who got pushed earlier for being too sleazy in dealing with business men.
African media was replete with news of Women gaining political recognition in the recent parliamentary elections in Rwanda.
That is a difficult question to answer in one of the world's last existing monarchies which has been characterized by profligate spending by its head, King Mswati especially on his numerous wives. The King has been blamed for the country's poverty and worrying lack of concern for HIV/AIDS epidemic in his country.
