'Disaster Capitalism'

What does it mean to Africa?

 

By NWAKANMA CHIKA

How does the bombing of a church in northern Nigeria by some illiterate Boko Haram suicide bomber relate to the intrigues over the control of crude oil in Port Harcourt? Or how does the interplay of western and Chinese economic interests filter through political violent eruptions in Nigeria, the two Sudan(s); or the likelihood that Mali’s current misadventure could impact seriously and negatively against much stable Ghana? How does it all connect into disaster capitalism?.

Picture Boko Haram and the rising violence in Nigeria; Islamists and the increasing stratification in Somalia and Mali; Ethnic cleansing and full scale wars between the two Sudan (s); Wars and terrorist attacks in Kenya, Uganda and the Congo. Picture Africa as no more than a chess game in the economic battle for supremacy between the west and newly emerging powers in the east, China particularly..

 

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In Rwanda, we know the value of having a country - Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency Joseph Habineza, interacts with Baobab Media editorial Think Tank, Segun Oruame and Joe Anuga, in Abuja on Rwanda’s economic and political pathway in the post genocide years. Habineza speaks on lessons Nigeria and other African countries can learn from Rwanda to foster national unity and economic development...

Critical Essay China as a subtle form of neo-colonialism
A comparative analysis of Sino-African relations
By CHIKA NWAKANMA
As the antics and anti-development tactics of the west becomes more glaring, Africa and its leaders have turned to the east for solace. Foreign aid without conditions, low-interest loans and a renewed sense of ownership as regards the utilization of resources, has made china a desirable groom for African countries.

 

Analysis Social media may be Africa’s graveyard
Written by CHIKA NWAKANMA
Africa should be wary of the entrapments of social media. Contrary to popular claim of the positive impact of social media, it could as well be the ultimate tool to create dysfunctional citizens in 21st century Africa writes CHIKA NWAKANMA . A direct consequence of today's technological society is an altercation in the mode of social interaction and communication. The advent of the social media has had a ripple effect in how humans perceive their environment and...

 

Troubling awards and failed leadership By SEGUN OHIMEH ORUAME If awards could improve national security, wipe off mass poverty and reduce massive unemployment, writers would probably become happy recipients of the Nigerian National Award particularly if they were writers with Chinua Achebe’s reputation... The Famished Road - CHINWEOKE OBI writes that Gombe offers a paradox of how government policy on poverty alleviation runs outside the circle of the people’s expectations.   Helpers of the poor Civil society and all the missed points Prof. BALA DOGO raises questions on how to tell the chaff from the grain among civil society organizations purportedly set up to help the poor...   When life is brutish and dreams fade away HALIMA MUSA sieves the arguments on ending the almajiri problem, one of the worst forms of child destitution in Nigeria.   In the Name of God ... the commoditization of faith By Samuel Zalanga The need for African Liberation Theology...   A business called Education - Private sector education is a get-rich scheme in Nigeria. By By Halima Hamidu Musa

Creative Uncle’s rod of vengeance (a true story).  The year was 1996. Daddy had lost his job several years earlier, and had been unable to secure another one ever since. Mom was a government civil servant, and at this pre-minimum wage era... Beer Math When a friend told me that she could work out my age using a formula known as beer math, it initially sounded strange. When she started working it out using the above formula, the whole ‘add this’, ‘subtract that’ and ‘multiply those ‘seemed complicated... A short story 8-8-8: The journey to Prayer City By I. D Ogbekene   Sex and the City: A city finds peace in its night clubs despite years of political turbulence - By Chinweoke Obis   Critical Essays: Muslim Hausa hegemony and the Jos crisis Many in the media have severally commented on the recent Jos mayhem, but in the spirit of political correctness virtually none has broached the touchy issue of real and perceived fears of Muslim Hausa domination by the Jos indigenes...

 

Science & Technology:                          

Going bananas for sustainable research - scientists create fuel from African crop waste	Male circumcision reduces HIV risk: No further evidence needed
‘Barcoding’ DNA to identify menacing mosquitoes	Kenya's Orange says to invest $99 million
ZTE’s stake in Congo Chine Telecom up for grabs	Burkina Faso’s Onatel Raises US$60 million in IPO
Defeating drug counterfeiters with SMS in Ghana	West African Cable System signs financing agreement
Yahsat to launch satellites in Africa for cheaper broadband - The United Arab Emirates is increasing its stake in Africa's telecommunications market with Al Yah Satellite Communications' move, to launch two satellites dedicated to providing cheap bandwidth...Read on   Spinlet’s scorecard at American Music Festival

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