Would Somalia like to “rent a drone?”

Rent a drone When you get an enemy concentrates as reported here, they make a nice target. If we still have a military relationship with the government and since Al Qaeda remains our enemy everywhere, a request for...

How long must we sing this song?

Again we are hearing in the news about yet another African fratricide. I am reminded of U2: "How long must we sing this song, how long?" Africa has had independence for over 40 years. The current conflicts there have nothing to do with Western imperialism and are, for the...

NIGERIA - ON THE REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDY

While the Federal Government has made good its decision to withdraw the fuel subsidy, it would be in the best interest of the entire Nigerian populace that the government revisits its decision and make adequate readjustments before the country erupts in utter chaos. Whatever...

"I have a dream" Speech: Revised for Contemporary Situation

In 1963, Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. That was 12 years before my birth, and much has changed since then. The issues that are at work now are issues that are very different from the issues that were at work back then. This is my take on the...

Christian Conservatism, Africa and Innovation

A frequent line from Christian Conservatives is that the ways other than those of Christian Conservatism cause moral or social decline. But when confronted with the fact that Africa is full of Christian Conservative countries in which situation is far worse than it is in...

Old Mutual Shuts Down Independent Zimbabwe Arts Hangout

One of Zimbabwe’s legendary arts and culture hangout, the Book Cafe and Mannenberg, located at the Five Avenues Mall in Harare’s Avenues suburb is scheduled to close its doors to the public at the end of the year due to lack of lease renewal by Old Mutual Property, owners...

Bikes for everyone!

Read the headline of a remarkable film Spanish films that "... Bicycles are for summer…” Jaime Chavarri(1984). But it is not the case with this african territory. The hot subtropical climate and harsh terrain...

From out of Africa to whence we return

Irony Is there any irony in this? Humanity wandered from Africa to populate the world. Along the way, humankind became more intelligent. Now, Americans return to Ethiopia where it all began, armed with unmanned...

Libyan authorities announce Gaddafi death investigation

It follows international pressure to explain how the former leader was killed, when film footage had shown him alive at the time he was captured. There has been suspicion that he was shot by his captors, but the...

Humankind is a continuous experiment

Putting God’s hand aside as one must as a scientist, human beings are an experiment in adaptation (like all living beings). Things change and we change with it. We try some things, sometimes they work and...

Fire (spark) is reaction, produced by friction of two substances

Fire (spark) is reaction, produced by friction of two substances in negative and positive (opposite) directions. Fire seeks help of substance for its extension. It is the substance that helps fire to become furious. So intensity of fire depends on power of substances....

God Left Zimbabwe

God left Zimbabwe the moment we stood by and watched as the Ndebele were being massacred, a moment in a young nation’s past that set the wrong precedent as evil triumphed while the good did nothing. God...

Zimbabwe. Dead On Arrival

There is always that dysfunctional couple. From the moment they set eyes on each other, their interaction has always been tumultuous, enemies with benefits, its a relationship that was dead on arrival. The...

South Sudan Statehood: July 9 Sees Africa's 54th Nation

Republic of South Sudan Becomes a Nation on July 9: What Now? Southern Sudan, having voted to secede from Sudan, becomes the Republic of South Sudan,an independent nation, on July 9. South Sudan's people now have...

A Zimbabwean's Warning to South Africa

Watching the savage beating of a Zimbabwean at the hands of South Africans really made me pause and reflect.  That video made my heartache, brought a tear to my eyes as I tried to capture what must have been...

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