George Ngwane

Africa and the Neocolonial Development Mirage

By Mwalimu George Ngwane

“We will have to rely on ourselves, our own resources and our efforts”
Thabo Mbeki

The United Nations summit of 14 – 16 September in New York has ended without the agenda of Africa’s development occupying central debate.

Like the media – hyped G8 summit of 6 – 8 July on Debt Relief in Gleneagles; Scotland, the UN Summit once again derailed the focal issues of the Millennium Development Goals (universal Primary Education, eradication of poverty, gender equality, reducing child mortality, environmental sustainability, fight against disease etc) in favour of reforms of the United Nations, and definitions of terrorism.

Threshing the Togolese Tangle

In the following Article, Mwalimu George Ngwane proposes three posible scenarios for resolving the current political crisis that has engulfed Togo following the death of President Gnassingbé Eyadema and the installation by the Togolese army of his 39-year-old son, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, as President, in violation of  the country's constitution: