Governance

INTRODUCTION

Nigeria is the sixth highest producer of petroleum in the world. Since petroleum was discovered in commercial quantity in the 1950s, Nigeria has earned over $400 billion from oil.

Dear Comrade Azuka,

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela. For the late Meles Zenawi and his apostles (the Melesistas) in Ethiopia, the reverse is true: Ignorance is the most powerful weapon you can use to prevent change and cling to power.

I watched in amazement as stately Cameroonian 30-something, Mamadou Kwidjim Toure, founder of pan-African youth movement “Africa 2.0”, slipped former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo a note on the elevated stage.

On July 9, 2013, the Republic of South Sudan will celebrate its second anniversary. The jubilee that initially welcomed South Sudan into the community of nations has begun to fade and the reality of crises has gradually taken front stage.

Reseau Menelik d’ONG et Associations Congolaise (RMOAC), a Congo-based network of 50 local humanitarian organisations, carried out a research to understand a bit more about young people in the DRC, especially how they see their future in this country.

The recent appointment and subsequent swearing in of Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Planning and Devolution Anne Waiguru has set the stage for the commencement of the Public Benefits Organizations (PBO) Act, 2013.

Undoubtedly Mau Mau freedoms fighters were the real heroes of Kenya, who shed their blood to see their country liberated from British rule. Many were brutally tortured, raped, some died and others lost limbs. This freedom movement was based on injustices over land.

Two momentous events, each occurring within 4 days of one another, have put Egyptian politicians and journalists in a febrile mood.