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THE LEADERSHIP AND POLITICS IN AFRICA

photo courtesy: illustration by Gayo When the leech found out that by hiding inside the throat of a cow it can suck quarts of blood, it needed not to worry, only to wait for the cow to come and drink from the coldest water that meanders through the stones. It is there that it would sneak into the cow's throat and have enough blood. In Africa, the race to amass wealth preoccupies the minds of every politician, to an extent that the citizen's interest comes last. Should the interests of the citizens be on the menu, then others would order it as a pudding, or dessert, while theirs which is the main meal fills the plate.  Sad enough that the moment, these politicians clinch power, they turn off the cameras of accountability and transparency or otherwise, they hire their men to operate in the control of these cameras.  These are credits that makes them be opulence and be august, far-fetched is their bravado that even after assuming to the electoral seat they extend it ...

THE CHANGE EXPECTED IN REVERSE: GEN Z'S FADING STRENGTH

Photo Courtesy   Waking up to find the sun rising from the West and not East at dawn is enough to signal a whirl of change in the cosmological history. As a product of imagination it can be, who knew Gen Z would emerge as with a wave of change in a sundry of generations unexpectedly.  With this wave, the political sphere in every country worldwide is experiencing an overhaul.  Recently, protests have marred different countries with calls for change.  Bangladesh, Nepal, Morocco, Madagascar, Kenya are some of the countries that have at least tasted the pinch of the GenZ protests, while some of the protests have resulted in a change in the political sphere of the affected countries others have left less impact with mission and vision unreached due to fanciful impulse.  Generation Z, globally have not only expressed their anger through anger through protests and demonstrations, but also in politics where some of the African countries like Seychelles and...