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PATRICE LUMUMBA AND THE CONGOLESE INDEPENDENCE

PATRICE LUMUMBA AND THE CONGOLESE INDEPENDENCE

On 5 July 1960, only five days after the Congo’s independence, the commanding general of the newly formed Congolese national army, Emile Janssens(He described himself as the “Little Maniac” (Petit Maniaque), called a meeting with his non-commissioned officers...
THE ECONOMIES IN AFRICA ARE SO DISJOINTED

THE ECONOMIES IN AFRICA ARE SO DISJOINTED

In Africa, the economies are so disjointed that the abundance of natural resources cannot print a virtuous cycle towards development. For nationals, entrepreneurship is stifled by prohibitive taxation and the loss of public savings in white elephants and political...