The Learners' Den

Former Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba (Brookings Institute)  A few minutes ago, I read one of the many newsletters I receive from Brookings Institute on Foresight Africa, which discussed and explained how Africans, particularly in the Western region, are tired of their public office holders. This frustration is associated with the recent waves of coups by junta military leaders in countries like Niger, Mali, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Chad.  The author of the article, Ebenezer Obadare, a Senior Fellow at Brookings and a member of the Africa Studies program on Council of Foreign Relations, asserted that for African leaders to regain the trust of their citizens and prevent their overflow abroad to seek better life and working conditions, they must radically change the perception of public office as a center of accumulating public resources without regard for its effect. Additionally, he opined that there is also a need to address the "poverty of physical ...

Firaministan Isra'ila Binyamin Netanyahu Tunda rikicin Isra'ila da Yankin Zirin Gaza ya ɓarke a Gabas ta Tsakiya, ranar bakwai ga watan Oktoba na shekarar nan, duniya ta yi Allah wadai da salon yaƙin da kuma muhimmin goyon baya kamar su tallafin kuɗi, makaman yaƙi, da bayanan sirri da ƙasar Amurka ke ba wa ƙasar Isra'ila. Wannan yaƙi ba ƙaramin sarƙaƙiya ba ne dashi domin a yanzu haka, ƙasar Amurka tana ta ƙoƙarin haɗa kan ƙasashe da ƙungiyoyi masu faɗa aji a wannan yanki don kawo ƙarshen rikicin. Sai dai babban ƙalubale da ake fuskanta yanzu shi ne, Firaminista Bibi Netanyahu ya nuna aniyar dulmiyar da yankin gaba ɗaya cikin mummunan rikici.  Netanyahu ya fahimci cewa rashin wannan rikici zai zama babban kalubale ga makomar siyasar sa a ƙasar. Da zarar an ce yaƙi ya ƙare, za a gudanar da zaɓe a ƙasar Isra'ila, wanda zai iya haifar da rasa kujerarsa ta Firaminista. Amma idan yaƙin ya ci gaba, zai ci gaba da riƙe madafan ikon ƙasar, domin cika burinsa na zama...