"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."
Edinyanga Okoi a student in the department of engineering at Maritime Academy of Nigerian has advised young people to be wary of politicians who would use them to perpetuate violence acts for personal gain. Okoi says this ahead of his country’s tripartite elections scheduled between 2nd and 19th April this year.
As Nigeria prepares for the first leg of the forthcoming general election slated for 2nd to 19th of April Nigerian citizens will go to vote. Video from “Vox Africa”
NAIROBI – Talk about foul foundations: the Katwekera Tosha Bio Centre is built on the stuff that goes into toilets. This community centre in the Nairobi slum of Kibera goes well beyond solving sanitation problems – it is a model for green energy, a meeting place for locals, and turning a profit for its operators.
“I believe that local and regional authorities are key actors for development, considering that they provide not only financial resources and expertise but also bring to the table new ideas which should be taken into account when defining the overarching EU development policy.” This is the message that the president of the Committee of the Regions, Mercedes Bresso intends to get across at the Second Assises on Decentralised Cooperation that will take place on 29 and 30 March in Brussels, co-organised by the CoR and the EU Commission.
“The Zimbabwe Alliance is a funder/advocate partnership to promote a vibrant civil society and a successful democratic transformation in Zimbabwe.
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Native of Cape Town, Sean Jacobs lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches in Manhattan. He obsesses about the relationship between politics and popular culture, but the main rationale for his blog is to comment on what passes for media coverage of the African continent.
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist living in Spain, with a background in technology, gender issues and human rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories in our own words.
Rosebelle Kagumire is an experienced Ugandan Journalist. She won the best Journalist blogger English category at the Panos hosted competition in 2009. Currently she is a student of MA. Media, Conflict and Peace studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica.
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