by Ruhamah Ifere ‘’I drank my urine as water in the desert while on my way to Europe by road, with o …
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by Lillian Efobi Investing in quality education for all, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or socio-e …
One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Commonwealth Through Education Read More »
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A short bio I am Nicole Babirye, a 16-year-old student from Kampala, Uganda. I am the Vice President …
A Year of Youth Spotlight Series – Nicole Babirye of Uganda Read More »
Read moreA new initiative in Nigeria supported by international partners is aiming to showcase the business acumen and skills of young people, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Borno State in the north-east. In a recent article on this site, fellow Commonwealth Correspondent Alisha Lewis stated that “Young graduates entering the real world are facing …
"Don’t sit there and say it will not work – log on" Read More »
Proponents of the legalisation of cannabis fail to realise the very real negative effects of the drug on society, argues Peter Njoroge, 25, a Commonwealth Corrrespondent from the town of Kiambu in Kenya. Most of us have either seen or smoked marijuana, either in a recreational or medical setting. What is common about the drug, …
“Marijuana is one of the most abused drugs across the world” Read More »
Proponents of the legalisation of cannabis fail to realise the very real negative effects of the drug on society, argues Peter Njoroge, 25, a Commonwealth Corrrespondent from the town of Kiambu in Kenya. Most of us have either seen or smoked marijuana, either in a recreational or medical setting. What is common about the drug, …
"Marijuana is one of the most abused drugs across the world" Read More »
There are hopes that the Garden City Literature Festival in Nigeria, attended this year by a former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, will one day rival similar events in the international cultural calendar, reports Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from north-eastern Borno state. Not long ago, I wrote on this website about many Nigerians’ …
“Politics, if it is to produce change, needs literature to reinforce it” Read More »
There are hopes that the Garden City Literature Festival in Nigeria, attended this year by a former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, will one day rival similar events in the international cultural calendar, reports Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from north-eastern Borno state. Not long ago, I wrote on this website about many Nigerians’ …
"Politics, if it is to produce change, needs literature to reinforce it" Read More »
Commonwealth Correspondent Ayodeji Morakinyo, 24, offers the latest diary instalment from his national service military training in the Niger Delta, known as a hotspot for kidnappings. Before travelling to Delta State, I had heard of militancy and their newly carved industry of kidnapping. One time, I read in a national newspaper that Niger Delta militants, …
“Caution and scepticism were my feelings in the Niger Delta” Read More »
Commonwealth Correspondent Ayodeji Morakinyo, 24, offers the latest diary instalment from his national service military training in the Niger Delta, known as a hotspot for kidnappings. Before travelling to Delta State, I had heard of militancy and their newly carved industry of kidnapping. One time, I read in a national newspaper that Niger Delta militants, …
"Caution and scepticism were my feelings in the Niger Delta" Read More »
Love is the greatest force in the universe, it can sweep the earth like a hurricane and burn the hearts of men like wildfire in a bush, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri in Nigeria. “I want you to make love, not war.” -John Lennon. Today, I want to look within and hold …
“Love is exact as science and yet wonderful as art” Read More »
Love is the greatest force in the universe, it can sweep the earth like a hurricane and burn the hearts of men like wildfire in a bush, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri in Nigeria. “I want you to make love, not war.” -John Lennon. Today, I want to look within and hold …
"Love is exact as science and yet wonderful as art" Read More »
The Foreign Minister of Seychelles gives his views on the challenges facing the development of small island states, political instability and change across Africa, carbon emissions and the 2011 Commonwealth summit. Report by Francis Ventura, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Melbourne, Australia. Francis: The Arab Spring democratic uprisings have not had the results that many of …
Interview with Jean-Paul Adam, Foreign Minister of Seychelles Read More »
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