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DRC: social media to communicate and insult one another0
- DRC - Kinshasa, Social Media
- 26.06.2019.
By inventing social media (Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter), the idea was to facilitate communication to humanity. Connect people separated by thousands of kilometers, share images and information in the blink of an eye, etc. The benefits of social media are well established. But in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), social networks are used to something
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Evils of Migration and ailing public policies in African States0
- Uncategorized
- 24.06.2019.
By Oladotun F. Roy Migration never seemed to be a big issue in Africa until videos of grisly and dicey scenes of young Africans risking it all on the Mediterranean sea went viral on social media in early 2018. They were parked together in a tiny boat, in a bid to illegally cross into Italy
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BLACK, RED AND GREEN: The story behind the Kenyan flag0
Fifty-six years ago, on July 26, 1963, the national flag of the soon to be newly independent state of Kenya was unveiled. The standard was typical of the country that had created it – cobbled together by an elite but imbued with pretensions at unity and forging common cause with common folk. In those heady
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Africa in Global Cold War 2.0: A Return to Struggle Consciousness0
- Africa, International Relations
- 19.06.2019.
The British daily, the Guardian recently published a story on how Russia has new plans to exert its influence across the African content. All in return for the usual imperial desires such as natural resources, geo-political military strategic positioning and of course loyal allies. I do not think the story made any headlines in African
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Let MISA Malawi be, Malawi needs the media council0
- Africa, Governance, Media
- 17.06.2019.
There have been muted discussions and calls within media circles, notably by the Media Institute for Southern Africa (Misa Malawi) membership, that Misa Malawi should takeover duties of the Media Council of Malawi (MCM), which has not been functioning for a number of years now. It is good that there is a discussion on
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Etienne Tshisekedi buried as a head of state in DRC0
- Africa, Democracy, DRC - Kinshasa
- 12.06.2019.
Never had an opponent been so honored in Africa. Generally, large and sumptuous funerals are reserved for heads of state who die in office. But in the DRC, we did just witness a rather lavish funeral of the former government opponent Étienne Tshisekedi. The country almost came to a standstill during the three days of
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Revenge Porn and Unfair Laws – Ugandan Women Caught in Between0
- Civil Liberties, Uganda
- 10.06.2019.
In 2014 Uganda passed and Anti Pornography Act. Three years later anti pornography committee was put in place to enforce the Act, this committee hounds and hunts for women whose nudes have been published non-consensually, they investigate the women, they ask how the nudes got onto the internet, they chase after the victim while the
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Zambia’s Self Declared Satanist Speaks Out Against Christianity0
People have called him a mad man, a witch, all sorts of names but he calls himself a good man. Renting a small house in Kitwe’s bustling Bulangililo neighbourhood is 46 year old Alex Mwamba Kazhimbala Chisulu, a controversial Satanist who has left a community divided over his religious views. The walls inside his house
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Reparations for Africa, A conversation worth revisiting?0
- Africa, Slave Trade
- 05.06.2019.
Image Credit : American History USA Reparations is a word that you and I be hearing often especially if we are trying to keep up with US politics. Since Candidates started announcing their intentions to run, there has been a buzz about reparations especially from the Democrats. Its a question that the get asked
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Deathly Boats Still on Lake Mai Ndombe0
- DRC - Kinshasa
- 03.06.2019.
Every month now in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) we have an accident involving a water vessel on our rivers. Each time there are dozens, even hundreds of deaths mainly traders and Congolese travelers. Recently, in the Kalehe locality in South Kivu Province, a boat capsized on Kivu lake, killing some 40 people and
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