May 22, 2013
There has been much talk on Africa’s renaissance especially by the World Bank and the African Development Bank. This...
The say you do not choose who your neighbors are, there is no doubt however that Somalia is as a bad as a neighbor can get. As a...
Is Africa truly rising? It depends on where you are looking at it from. If you look at it from where we used to be then you’d...
Abuja, May 13, 2013– Nigeria’s short term macroeconomic outlook looks generally strong, with the likelihood of...
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"
We make a special appeal to the Egyptian Authorities to give meaning to the very existence of man--to pursue his lawful goals without let or hindrance; that the basis for such expression lays in the freedom of thought and speech.
Who said coups were a thing of the past in Africa? Almost every country in Africa has experienced a coup. Mauritania's President and Prime Minister have been taken into custody by the military in an apparent military coup. Officers seized power in 2005 and the country has since been trying to live the "democracy dream" after successful elections in 2007. The country has been gripped by political unrest after a vote of no confidence was passed in the cabinet. Mauritania remains one of the world's poorest nations and the newest countries to have discovered oil which it hopes will boost the economy. Now though, it is clear the country needs more than oil cash. Good governance, peace and stability are priceless if ordinary Mauritanians want to benefit from the black gold.
In Uganda and many other places in Africa, the brute force of the military could be employed at the President's will to crush opposition 'elements' for lawfully demonstrating. But it is particularly poignant to hear a military chief pledging unflinching support for an incumbent President who intends contesting a general election even when it is clear the incumbent has usurped the country's constitution many times. Well, Ugandan's President Museveni, doesn't need to worry if he intends running for a fourth term in office, because the military will see him transit again.
Spanking school pupils for deviant behavior has been frowned upon by human rights organizations in every country. In some parts of Africa though, the practice is yet to go away. The Nigerian government has just reintroduced canning or what is commonly referred to in Ghana as 'lashing' in schools.
It was all fanfare when Ghana qualified for debt relief under the Highly Indebted and Poor Country Initiative (HIPC) in 2004. A state banquet was even organised to celebrate our qualification, as fondly reminisced in an article 
