Politics & History - AFRICA

One cannot resist the lure of Africa.Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not.Africa had a way of coming back and simply covering everything up again. You are not a country, Africa. You are a concept.You are not a concept, Africa. You are a glimpse of the infinite.

IN THE FACE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S PAINFUL HISTORY AND ITS CONTINUING STRUGGLE WITH INEQUALITY .TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT ECONOMIC CRIME.SOUTH AFRICA'S PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA REITERATES CORRUPTION CLEAN UP AFTER POLL WIN

IN THE FACE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S PAINFUL HISTORY AND ITS CONTINUING STRUGGLE WITH INEQUALITY .TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT ECONOMIC CRIME.SOUTH AFRICA'S PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA REITERATES CORRUPTION CLEAN UP AFTER POLL WIN

MOBUTU SESE SEKO (1930-1997) WAS THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE CONGO (ZAIRE).HE SET UP A DIC

MOBUTU SESE SEKO (1930-1997) WAS THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE CONGO (ZAIRE).HE SET UP A DIC

THE ASHANTI EMPIRE (1670 - 1957) (ALSO KNOWN AS ASANTE) WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC AFRICA HAS EVER SEEN AND REIGNED OVER A LARGE PART OF PRESENT DAY GHANA (WEST AFRICA) ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE IVORY COAST FOR OVER 300 YEARS.

THE ASHANTI EMPIRE (1670 - 1957) (ALSO KNOWN AS ASANTE) WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC AFRICA HAS EVER SEEN AND REIGNED OVER A LARGE PART OF PRESENT DAY GHANA (WEST AFRICA) ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE IVORY COAST FOR OVER 300 YEARS.

THE ETHIOPIAN EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE (1930 - 1974),HE WAS A MEMBER OF SOLOMONIC DYNASTY.THE LAST EMPEROR IN THE 3000 - YEAR - OLD ETHIOPIAN MONARCHY,WHO RULED FOR HALF A CENTURY BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY MILITARY COUP.

THE ETHIOPIAN EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE (1930 - 1974),HE WAS A MEMBER OF SOLOMONIC DYNASTY.THE LAST EMPEROR IN THE 3000 - YEAR - OLD ETHIOPIAN MONARCHY,WHO RULED FOR HALF A CENTURY BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED BY MILITARY COUP.

ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA DECLARE : END THEIR BITTER WAR.THE 1998-2000 CONFLICT,ERITREAN - ETHIOPIAN BORDER CLASHES.OVER THE EXACT LOCATION OF BORDER LED TO THE DEATHS OF AN ESTIMATED 80,000 PEOPLE.ETHIOPIA BELIEVES THAT ERITREA CHARGES AN EXORBITANT FEE TO EXPORT ETHIOPIAN COFFEE THROUGH THE ERITREAN PORT. ERITREA BELIEVES THAT ETHIOPIA HAS MOVED BORER MARKS TO INFRINGE ON ERITREAN TERRITORY.

ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA DECLARE : END THEIR BITTER WAR.THE 1998-2000 CONFLICT,ERITREAN - ETHIOPIAN BORDER CLASHES.OVER THE EXACT LOCATION OF BORDER LED TO THE DEATHS OF AN ESTIMATED 80,000 PEOPLE.ETHIOPIA BELIEVES THAT ERITREA CHARGES AN EXORBITANT FEE TO EXPORT ETHIOPIAN COFFEE THROUGH THE ERITREAN PORT. ERITREA BELIEVES THAT ETHIOPIA HAS MOVED BORER MARKS TO INFRINGE ON ERITREAN TERRITORY.

IDI AMIN DADA WAS A MONSTROUS LEADER,HE WAS AN OBVIOUS BULLY.HE BECAME KNOWN AS THE "BUTCHER OF UGANDA" FOR HIS BRUTAL,DESPOTIC RULE CHILE PRESIDENT OF UGANDA IN THE 1970s.HE IS POSSIBLY THE MOST NOTORIOUS OF ALL AFRICA'S POST-INDEPENDENCE DICTATORS.500,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED DURING HIS EIGHT YEARS RULE.

IDI AMIN DADA WAS A MONSTROUS LEADER,HE WAS AN OBVIOUS BULLY.HE BECAME KNOWN AS THE "BUTCHER OF UGANDA" FOR HIS BRUTAL,DESPOTIC RULE CHILE PRESIDENT OF UGANDA IN THE 1970s.HE IS POSSIBLY THE MOST NOTORIOUS OF ALL AFRICA'S POST-INDEPENDENCE DICTATORS.500,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED DURING HIS EIGHT YEARS RULE.

NELSON MANDELA (1918 -2013) WAS A TRUE INTERNATIONALIST.HE WAS AN ANTI - APARTHEID HERO,HE SPENT 27 YEARS IN JAIL.MANDELA'S LIFE WAS KENNEDYESQUE IN IT'S COMBINATION OF GREAT POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENT AND HEARTBREAKING PERSONAL TRAGEDY.

NELSON MANDELA (1918 -2013) WAS A TRUE INTERNATIONALIST.HE WAS AN ANTI - APARTHEID HERO,HE SPENT 27 YEARS IN JAIL.MANDELA'S LIFE WAS KENNEDYESQUE IN IT'S COMBINATION OF GREAT POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENT AND HEARTBREAKING PERSONAL TRAGEDY.