Tag: Soviet Union
Gorbachev was a villain
Owei Lakemfa, journalist and labour activist, argues that despite the eulogies poured on the late Soviet leader, Mikhail Sergeyevick Gorbachev,…
Ex-Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove…
Foreign mercenaries arrive Nigeria to battle Boko Haram
JOHANNESBURG/DAKAR (Reuters) – Nigeria has brought in hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union to give…
Former Georgia president Shevardnadze is dead
Eduard Shevardnadze was a hero in the West for helping to end the Cold War as the last Soviet foreign…
Dasuki, Horsfall, Azazi & A Nigerian Security Dilemma
The appointment of Col (retd) Sambo Dasuki as the new security Czar has important connotations for how security is conceptualised…