March 16, 2015
March 16th marks Open Borders Day, which George Mason University law professor Ilya Somin describes as “an international event created to celebrate the ideal of freedom of movement across international boundaries.” Naturally, this […]
March 14, 2015
The following was contributed by ASFL executive board member Ajibola Adigun On Saturday March 7, the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, hosted a Leadership and Liberty Forum under the auspices […]
March 10, 2015
One common rebuttal to those of us who criticize the police is “Don’t like cops? Next time you’re in trouble, call a crackhead.” The argument behind the joke is clear: Those of […]
March 6, 2015
Many libertarians favor constraining the State to a limited set of powers, typically to the maintenance of police, courts, prisons, and security services designed to protect individual rights. This “protective state” or […]
February 25, 2015
The following was contributed by ASFL executive board member Peter Yakobe Working to achieve its vision to have a Malawi where the students, and the youths in general are liberated and are […]
February 18, 2015
The following was contributed by ASFL local coordinator Olanrewaju Elufisan For the second time in a row, Nairobi has been shortlisted among the world’s Smart 21 communities of 2015 which makes it […]
February 6, 2015
The last three posts of this series have been focused on the injustice of punishment and criminal law, and the justice of a tort-based pure restitution system. Even if punishment itself were legitimate, however, […]
February 6, 2015
The following was contributed by Phlumani M. UMajozi The 90 –year old President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe was elected the Chairman of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, the capital of […]
January 31, 2015
This year’s International Students For Liberty Conference (ISFLC) features some big names, like former Congressman Ron Paul and Fox News’s Andrew Napolitano. But there’s more to the conference than big name political […]
January 30, 2015
In the previous couple of posts of this series, I argued that the practice of punishment and the institution of criminal law are inherently unjust. As an alternative, I proposed that we […]
January 12, 2015
The following was submitted by ASFL Local Coordinator Oluwafemi Ogunjobi Prof. George Ayittey, a Ghanaian Professor, said; ‘the Cheetah generation is the generation of youths that will not wait for the government […]
January 11, 2015
The following was written by Pretoria-based ASFL Local Coordinator Martin van Staden The African National Congress (ANC), the continent’s oldest political party, celebrated its 103rd birthday this weekend. Phumlani UMajozi, Youth Coordinator with […]