Opinion: Culture and Development in Africa

BY DR. MEHENOU AMOUZOU     Culture is one of the most significant factors of development.  The role of culture in development should not be understated, but treated as a complex multi-layered factor for long-term growth and success.   First, as an intrinsic value, secondly as a key factor of regional development leading to increased attractiveness of regions for tourists,... Read More

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete: Tanzania’s laughing stock?

Article By: Evans Rubara After the tightly contested elections in Tanzania, there must be different thoughts running through the minds of the people of Tanzania. Besides, citizens of other Afrikan countries must be left wondering, ‘is there democracy in Tanzania?’ The general political climate in Tanzania during the electoral process, when the results started flowing in and even now, days... Read More

Atheism in Botswana

By Leo Igwe Like other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, most people in Botswana are religious and profess believe in god particularly the christian god. About 70 percent of the population professes christianity. But the country’s christian and theist demography may include atheists because non-theists remain in the closets due to social pressure on people to profess religion and identify as... Read More

TB Joshua’s Absence at Tanzania’s Presidential Inauguration Stirs Debate

Despite his presidential welcome and high-profile arrival in Tanzania this week, Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua was notably absent at Thursday’s inauguration of the new Tanzanian President Dr John Pombe Magufuli.  Local media was awash with the news of Joshua’s first visit to the East African nation with expectations that the Nigerian cleric may play some role in the ceremony which... Read More

The Global Banking Financial Crisis’s and Its Impact on Developing Nations: Case Study Africa

The Interview of Dr. Mehenou Amouzou  – For several decades the public has witnessed the shift of world global economic policies from countries’ production and stable economic indicators, to wild crazy speculations and market derivatives created to hide the real cause of economic instability which is the printing of the fiasco money and fiscal policy! Plainly stated we cannot continue... Read More

Against Sainthood for Benedict Daswa : Why Replace Sangoma Witchcraft with Catholic Witchcraft?

By Leo Igwe I am against the ongoing efforts and campaign by the Catholic Church to make the late South African schoolteacher, Benedict Daswa, a saint. While I acknowledge the heroic struggle waged by Daswa against witchcraft based violence and exploitation of his Venda people, a struggle that eventually led to his brutal murder; while I understand the need to... Read More
Charles Taylor Ex-Presidents 

ICC court so unpopular in Africa Denies Charles Taylor request to serve sentence in an african country

The Special Court for Sierra Leone has denied former Liberian President Charles Taylor's request to serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes in Rwanda, rather than Britain.   Taylor was convicted in April 2012 of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for aiding murderous rebels in Sierra Leone's civil war. . Read More
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