Year: 2020

The relationship between China and the African Union (AU)

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…linking Africa’s industrialization and agricultural modernization with China’s development By Qian Hongshan The famous African statesman and founding president of Tanzania Julius Nyerere once said that, “Together, we, the peoples of Africa will be incomparably stronger internationally than we are now with our multiplicity of unviable states.” Fifty-three years ago, thanks to the vision and unswerving efforts of the older generation of African leaders and statesman, the epoch-making Organization of African Unity (OAU) came into being, leading African people to national liberation and independence and contributing to world peace and…

The Diary of an angry Black Man

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“Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy” – Aristotle Onasis By Njoku SaintJerry A. Anger is a product of anxiety; Anxieties unmet result to frustration, a frustration of self, a frustration induced by environmental circumstances and the society at large. Every human under the face of the sun is anxious…

Fresh calls for restructuring as COVID-19 batters economy

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Ohanaeze, PANDEF, others demand economic diversification There is no “better time but now to commence restructuring of the country,” said President of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) Dr PoguBitrus. He noted that by this alone could Nigeria emerge stronger prom the pandemic Some Nigerians yesterday intensified calls for the political and economic restructuring of the country, citing the devastating financial impact of the COVID-19 lockdown and loss of oil earnings due to the crash in oil prices.President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Chief John Nwodo told The Guardian that the country…