Politics & Economy

In countries with unequal distribution of resources, where extreme forms of governing, such as tyranny, are more likely to arise, Aristotle advised that the best legislators are those who arise from the middle class.

On that fateful day, Robert Gituhu walked into Mombasa town’s Mwembe Tayari, poured an inflammable liquid on his blood, climbed the statue in the middle of the busy roundabout, and set himself on ablaze... but it failed to elicit a collective national outrage.

To be effective, financial support for Africa must have several qualities: affordability, dependability, adequacy and sensitivity to the continent’s climate vulnerability. It must also be adaptable to address the persistent debt crises and liquidity challenges facing numerous African countries.

The current coup plotters have blamed rising insecurity and a lack of economic growth. They stated that the intervention was necessary to avoid “the gradual and inevitable demise” of the country. I believe, however, there are other issues that precipitated the latest coup d’etat.

Ethiopia, whose highlands provide more than 85% of the water that flows into the Nile, has long argued that it has the right under international law to manage resources within its own borders for its national development. It sees the “Nile as a gift of God” given to Ethiopians to use for their development.