There is forever a need for one to revisit history. In an era where the Soviet Union does not anymore exist, where Vladimir Putin's Russia is busy trying to reclaim the old glory of a country lost through Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika, it makes sense to walk back, even if a few steps

It is May Day. In these difficult times for the world, for nations almost everywhere, it is a day when those who suffer in a multitude of ways must be talked about. It is a day to speak of the travails peasants and workers have throughout history gone through. It is a moment when we must not forget

Russia is finally coming in from the cold. One couldn't have imagined this situation till recently. President Donald Trump, despite the many complaints people have over the nature of his politics in various fields, has dramatically altered conditions where the Russia-Ukraine war is concerned. In t

Abraham Lincoln remains a consequential figure in history. The anniversary of his birth having gone —- he was born on 12 February 1809 —- it is for those interested in the annals of great men and women inhabiting particular periods in time to go back in search of the man Lincoln was. To

These are days of rapid fire politics in Donald Trump's America. Geopolitics has been pushed into chaotic unpredictability. With Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Elon Musk looking on, the world must now find the means of maintaining a sort of equilibrium in its dealings with the new regime in Washingt

In this week of a remembrance of Auschwitz-Birkenau, of the liberation of Auschwitz eight decades ago, it becomes the moral responsibility of all nations to inform themselves that the tragedy the Nazis subjected Jews to in the course of the Second World War must not happen again. The murder of Jews

It was a provocative speech Donald Trump delivered at his inaugural on Monday. It brought back memories of his first inaugural address in January 2017, when he surprisingly employed such terms as 'American carnage' before the crowd gathered to see him take over from Barack Obama. Within days of his

There are times when we need to sit back and reflect on the world as we have known it. It is an exercise men and women throughout the course of history have engaged in. One can be certain that the outcome of such reflections has almost always been similar, indeed in many instances the same. And yet