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DAMS IN AFRICA are becoming time bombs, waiting to explode. The risk they pose can be enormous, particularly in the form of outcomes of infrequent weather events. Tragedies involving dams collapse in the past one year in response to such weather events have claimed lives, displaced people, inundated houses, killed animals, devastated crops, destroyed infrastructure […]

THE FLAMBOYANT JAMBOREE of visits to China by all African countries except one has ended and all the visiting presidents and heads of governments on such visits are presumably back in their home countries where they hold sway. What types of bargains those attendees made with China will be of great interest for their anticipated […]

ESWATINI, THAT TINY COUNTRY in the Southern African region was the only country not represented in Beijing last week during the ninth triennial summit on China-Africa relations. The summit, which is generally referred to as the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), has turned Beijing visits by African heads of state to some sort of pilgrimage. […]

Majority of adult Cameroonians below 50 years of age right now know little or nothing about any other president of their country. Paul Biya, the second president, will be 92 in 2025. Born February 13, 1933, he is undoubtedly the oldest person currently in power in Africa. He was a prime minister of Cameroon from […]

MONKEY POX EPIDEMIC in Africa is on the rise. The recent disclosures about potential public health risks are a bit belated, though unsettling. They betrayed the lackadaisical attitude of those who should be in charge of surveillance and preventive measures in a manner reminiscent of the way COVID-19 pandemic was initially treated at the onset, […]

A GLOBAL RESET IN the world’s population is underway. Painfully, it seems inevitable, especially when considered in the context of events that are reshaping the world of our time. Much of the changes associated with the current trends in migration will be irreversible. Expect many Asians to become American or Canadian citizens, many Africans to […]

GEOPOLITICS WAS TEARING APART the African continental lawmaking body a few years ago on the premise that the Southern African region wanted to win the leadership position by any means, fair or foul. The bone of contention then was an accusation of skewed leadership towards some regions and against another; that other regions have been […]

EIGHTY-NINE VEHICLES were counted in the presidential convoy of the President of Tanzania in a recent video, posted on social media, of the convoy passing by. Assuming, while not immediately conceding, that all of the 89 vehicles may not be only for the president and her aides, the sheer number was mind-boggling as it raises […]

CONVERGENCE, A KEY WORD in the age of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), may very well mean more of the unforeseen in its implications as the entire world tries to navigate an uncharted tech-driven terrain. Last Friday’s tech outage was reminiscent of the opening chapter of Thomas L. Friedman’s book, “The Lexus and the Olive Tree.” […]

KENYA BOILED OVER recently. It was a test of resolve and strength between the common men and those in the corridors of power in a democracy. It was also a platform for Africa to determine where power truly lies in a system of government popularly described as democracy. The first salvo was the enactment of […]