SELF PERPETRATION IN POWER BY AFRICAN LEADERS: LESSONS FROM EGYPT

By Abiodun Fatai Why are African leaders fond of perpetrating themselves in power?  This has been the case with the late Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire, Mohammad Gaddafi of Libya, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Paul Biya of Cameroon, Kamuzu Banda of Malawi, former Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria, Omar Bongo of Gabon and Laurent Gbagbo of… Continue reading SELF PERPETRATION IN POWER BY AFRICAN LEADERS: LESSONS FROM EGYPT

MUBARAK’S RESIGNATION: A LESSON FOR SIT-TIGHT AFRICAN LEADERS

Godfrey Eloho History has been made today after a protracted peaceful protest by the Egyptians that saw their  despotic self-styled maximum ruler  of 30 years, handed power over to the military, an institution he has used over these  years to protect his stay. That feat was a fall-out of the scenario that played itself out… Continue reading MUBARAK’S RESIGNATION: A LESSON FOR SIT-TIGHT AFRICAN LEADERS

When the Mugabes Become a Sexual Joke in Zimbabwe

Alice Chimora Frustrated Zimbabweans seem to have discovered a new hobby as they ridicule their aging president, Robert Mugabe and his young wife, Grace. [ad#GBAF-2-pix] Two men from the border town of Plumtree, a gateway to Botswana, had the audacity of drawing caricatures of Zimbabwe’s extravagant first lady, Grace Mugabe cuddling his long suspected lover’s… Continue reading When the Mugabes Become a Sexual Joke in Zimbabwe

Egypt/Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Cannot Outsource Their Revolution (opinion)

Jacob Dlamini  Johannesburg (South Africa) – The year is only 34 days old and already it has seen the absolute demise of one dictatorship (Tunisia), the near collapse of another (Egypt), the rattling of a third (Jordan), the likely ruin of a fourth (Yemen) and the possible failure of a fifth (Algeria). That, by any… Continue reading Egypt/Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Cannot Outsource Their Revolution (opinion)

THE OBAMA IN YOU

The world is gradually moving towards a position where individuals with potent capacity and will power can actualize their dreams and aspirations in life regardless of race, skin color, language and other relevant factors.

Cote d’Ivoire: The real tragedy is that we’ve seen this so many times before

The tragedy that has become Cote d’Ivoire is unfortunately one of those déjà vu situations that continue to haunt the African continent. We have been here before, in Zimbabwe, in Kenya, in Zanzibar, and in many other places where stoic societies suffer without exploding.