
One more ratification and AfCFTA comes into force! By Nsikan Ikpe With Ethiopia’s parliament ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCFTA on Thursday, the race is now open for the African nation that would score the ‘golden goal’ in the race to bring the treaty into effect. This is because the Ethiopian ratification brings […]

Analysts see contests as local battles with national implications By Tasie Theodore The rescheduled supplementary polls taking place in several states and constituencies across the country has literally put the elections umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on the ropes, The Difference can report. This is on account of what the outcome would ultimately […]

Ruling party leader endorses protests By Nsikan Ikpe For embattled Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, it is no longer whether, but when he would leave office. And it could indeed be any day now following Wednesday’s disavowal of his continued stay in office by, among others, his own party chief, Moab Bouchareb. Bouchareb who is the […]