Middle east & africa

Middle east & africa

The Spoilt, Luxurious and, Indulgent Lives of Zimbabwe’s Youth

Usually when the word Zimbabwe comes about, one tends to think of all the malaise there is. A struggling economy, rather a wounded economy. Political chaos, enmity between its feisty political leadership and the civilians. Then there’s always the talk…

There Seems To Be No End To The Crisis At Yemen

Bordering the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia is a country in the Middle East that is stifled with a cesspool of problems. War, it must be said, isn’t its only concern. While on one hand, there’s been an unstoppable crusade…

Why Robert Mugabe’s Decline Is Good News For Zimbabwe?

In lighten vein, it could be said that there are often as many tyrants in the world as there are constructive thinkers and progressive minds. It so happens that, very often, though not always, the bad outnumber the good in…

Grief-Stricken, Marred By Poverty, Kinshasa’s Street Musicians Are Heroes

Kinshasa may not move many eyeballs in deep admiration. It does not offer, by any stretch of imagination, the stickiness for a globetrotting populace of the world to stick around, given the local problems the city is plagued with. As…

It’s Time to Get Real About Africa: How Africa.com is Sparking Change?

If Africa were to be measured in idiosyncrasies of its critics, it would always have a dark enveloping shadow conceal its shine. No more is it a dark continent. No more is Africa just about wild safaris or its enormously…

Smart City Projects Of Africa That Are Driving Change, Turning Heads

In the modern 21st century, a term rather an expression of growth that one is likely to run into on more occasions than running into a crocodile in a swampy area is Smart City. There’s a Smart City everywhere, nearly…