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critical song against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has landed an artist and music producer in jail for “disturbing the president’s peace”. 31-year-old artist David Mugema and 23-year-old music producer Jonah Muwanguzi were dragged to a court in the capital Kampala on Tuesday for allegedly producing a song titled Wumula which attacked the president, reports a local newsContinue reading “If your music ‘annoys’ the president of Uganda, you can be jailed”

Nigeria’s Imo State has again stirred up controversy after creating the Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment which will be led by Governor Rochas Okorocha’s sister. This comes two months after an uproar over a statue erected in the state to honor embattled South African President Jacob Zuma. The new ministry was earlier named the Ministry ofContinue reading “Why Nigerian state created a ‘Ministry of Happiness’ led by Governor’s sister”

Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stirred up the lingering debate about Africa’s growing dependency on the West for aid and handouts after over 60 years of independence in sub-Saharan Africa. The president rejected the idea that Africa needed support from the Western world to develop and challenged the continent to shun the act of regularly beggingContinue reading “Ghana president’s anti-Western dependency speech gets young Africans thinking”

Many young Africans desire to chart their career paths outside the continent, but for Ghanaian entrepreneur and leadership development expert Fred Swaniker, Africa is the best place for an African to succeed. The Silicon Valley graduate and founder of the African Leadership Academy in South Africa outlined three reasons why Africans studying abroad should returnContinue reading “Entrepreneur Fred Swaniker: 3 reasons why you should move back to Africa”

Burundi’s request to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has elapsed the one year period making the country the first in history to officially withdraw from the Rome Statute. On October 27, 2016, Burundi presented its letter of intent to the immediate past Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon to begin theContinue reading “Burundi is officially not a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC)”