Prayer and character matter
I have been watching with intrigue as the troops, largely Americans, leave Afghanistan for the last time. The promise to withdraw the troops was a…
Jamaica is playing Russian roulette with COVID-19
History is not policy. It is 20/20, but backward, vision. It is a useful guide to policy if, and only if, policymakers are prepared to…
Thomas Sankara was a special brand feminist
Thomas Sankara was a man of many facets. A soldier, a revolutionary, an ideologue and a nationalist. Unknown to some, Sankara was also a feminist,…
The US flees Afghanistan
www.yaawdmedia.com www.yardabraawd.com On Monday afternoon, 16 August 2021, the United States of America (US) accelerated its efforts to pull out of Afghanistan,…
The social dilemma
How do big tech companies compete for our attention? Why do they go to great lengths to keep us addicted? And should we be concerned?…
COVID-19 and corruption In Burkina Faso
The spread of COVID-19 in Burkina Faso necessitated the provision of special budgets for sensitization, testing, vaccine and costs of enforcing restrictive measure to curb…
Education: Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic
As we set foot into the start of the second full school year of the COVID pandemic, it will be interesting to see what adjustments…
Haiti I am sorry
Haiti, born of slavery and revolution, has struggled with centuries of crippling debt, exploitation by foreign governments, corruption and violence. Now it has poverty, illiteracy,…
COVID-19 in Burkina Faso: Facts, myths and consequences
Like many countries in the world, Burkina Faso encountered the COVID-19 Pandemic in early March 2020 and a real battle for survival was unleashed. This…
The cloud seeding phenomenon
When you come from the islands the abundance of rain is no caveat. Needless to say, the rain is so plentiful that we complain when…