Victor Angelo

A very unusual year: where are we heading to? Victor Angelo   The Russian Armed Forces are currently firing thousands of shells a day ...

This afternoon I called a few people in Africa, to find out how the pandemic is affecting their fellow citizens. And I got the same messa...

75 years ago, visionary leaders have signed the UN Charter and initiated what they thought would be a world without major wars. Their dre...

From today’s reports about Davos (WEF 2020), I take home two important observations. One, that we should always keep in mind the two bill...

Ursula von der Leyen, the new European Commission President, travelled to Addis Ababa to meet the Chairman of the African Union, Moussa F...

Here, in our corner of the world, the political rentrée is upon us. The summer break is now over. And this year’s rentrée will see the c...

Over 120 US flag officers – generals and admirals – wrote an open letter yesterday to remind the key leaders of Congress and the top peopl...

On this Day of Africa, I acknowledge that the EU´s Africa policy has lost visibility and depth. 

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched today its 2015 edition of the Human Development Report. This is an ann...

We should remember and celebrate the day: Human Rights Day. For many, in different corners of the world, human rights remain an unfulf...

The big names in the media have a full plate these days. Too many things going on, from the climate change meeting to Russia passing throu...

Time to celebrate the UN and its 70 years of efforts in favour of peace, human rights, development and international cooperation, includin...

It was a busy day at the UN General Assembly. The speeches by key world leaders and the many side meetings have shown that the United Nati...

It´s time to bring the international debate back to the development issues. We cannot forget that there are still many men, women and chil...

I have worked in Africa and on African affairs since 1978. I have seen many positive changes and also many crises.  Based on my experi...

It would certainly be a serious mistake to simplify the immigration issue in today´s Europe. The illegal crossings of the Mediterranean Se...

I wrote an opinion piece today to emphasize how important is for the international community to focus on the development challenges of Afr...

In Mozambique, the security and political environment have deteriorated fast during the last four of so weeks. The political stress be...

My new research paper of energy and sustainable development in Africa is available at : http://www.fuelfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/201...

The annual meeting of the UN General Assembly started today, with a number of important speeches. My gut instinct is that there is a bit o...