African Political Network

06/03/2023

Boss

29/07/2022

Emperial things are too difficult to understand by commoners

20/07/2022

It's royal celebration let's us keep it cool

11/06/2022

03/01/2021

The experiences of the U.S., the Philippines, and South Korea seem to indicate that citizens are willing, through a contested process and based on an individual’s merit, to elect family members of former heads of state. Notably, in cases like these, usually the family members do not immediately follow their parent; there is a time lag between the two.

Africa has a more mixed experience. Seven countries on the continent have had both father and son and one brother lead the country: Botswana, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Gabon, Togo, Mauritius, and Malawi (Morocco and Swaziland are excluded from the list since they are kingdoms). In each of these cases, the succession process has been different, as has the interim between father and son.

Three sons of a founding father (the first president or prime minister after independence) have recently been and some still in power in Botswana, Kenya, and Mauritius ,president Ian Khama, President Uhuru Kenyatta, and Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, respectively. In the case of all three, the succession took place over a decade after the father left office: In Botswana, Khama was elected 27 years after his father left office, while in Kenya, Kenyatta was elected 34 years after his father, and, in Mauritius, Ramgoolam was elected 13 years after his father. Therefore, enough time had elapsed in which citizens could assess the impact and results of the father’s leadership and make an informed decision regarding the son.

By the time the sons became president, the three countries had a history of contested elections, and each one took over in generally peaceful elections and under stable constitutions. Malawi’s president Peter Mutharika similarly was elected president years after his brother’s death in office.

On the other hand, some sub-Saharan countries have experienced immediate succession by the son of the head of state after his father’s death, often leading to decades of rule by a single family. With president Gnassingbe reelection, his family will have run Togo for over 87% of its 55-year post-independence history, with five more years to go. Gabon has a similar experience: With a father and son at the head of the country for over 86 percent of the country’s post independence history (1967-2009 and 2009-2015)—47 years out of almost 55 years—and the son is still in power.

In the DRC, president Joseph Kabila took over power in 2001 immediately following the untimely assassination of his father. Altogether, the Kabilas ruled the DRC for a third of the country’s post-independence history—almost 18 years.

The Rangoolam family of Mauritius similarly ruled the country for over half of its independence history, for 20 out of 39 years. However, as noted above, succession was not immediate from father to son but rather through a contested process with two leaders in between.

So, given the mixed experiences of these African countries, can we identify a trend on the continent? The automatic succession of sons does not seem to be the norm. There have been over 38 cases on the continent where the leader passed away in office, and sons have succeeded their fathers in only three. Over the last two years there have, however, been two contested elections that involved the son and brother of a former president—Kenyatta in 2013 and Mutharika in 2014.

Increasingly, countries have put in place constitutional provisions to handle the passing of the president or are respecting constitutional provisions from earlier constitutions such as in Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, and Ethiopia, all countries who have seen their presidents pass away and whose transitions have been handled in a smooth and constitutional way. It seems that the passing of presidents has not generated prolonged political instability on the continent.

Africa does not have a monopoly on family political dynasties. However, to guard against the creation of birth-right dynasties as opposed to merit-based family political dynasties, recent events suggest that countries should and must have clear constitutional processes for succession as well as open transparent freely contested elections. In Kenya, Mauritius, and Botswana where this has happened, the sons of past leaders tried and are trying to keep the memory of a past not yet forgotten alive. History will determine which sons carried the day and how Africa’s president’s sons are treated in the future.

Also look at Singapore’s first PM Lee kuan yew both of his sons became generals and one became prime minister later on,

In north Korea uncle big is the leader who took over from the father,some people call it kill zone but trust me when you reach Pyongyang and mean business it's when you realise western media can be harsh.

If Muhoozi Kainerugaba son of Uganda president is to follow the the rest he will openly follow the constitution and contest for the main office, being son of a president is not a curse that every one puts parents achievements or fails on the blood line.Time will tel who is to be and not to as long as democracy is respected. May the gods of our ancestors bless Africa.

*Alinaitwe Moses Snr*
*Africa political network*
*Nalb Cyber Corp*

23/06/2020

A Story from the Great African History

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 🇪🇬 - 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐧 🇬🇭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧"

According to American journalist, Pauline Frederick, in her 1967 book Ten First Ladies of the World in which a chapter was devoted to the lucky Egyptian woman, who got married to the First Ghanaian President 𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐍𝐤𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐡

Nkrumah sent his friend, Major Saleh Said Sinare, who was one of the first Ghanaian Muslims to study in Egypt, to find him a Christian wife.

The matchmaker, Major Sinare who was a soldier in the Ghana Armed Forces and its first Chief Imam, himself was married to an Egyptian Muslim woman, Souad El-Rouby, in 1953.

The late Imam’s son, Captain Nasser Sinare, said in an article published in February that Major Sinare and his wife Souad were made to fly to Cairo in search for a wife for Kwame Nkrumah.

“Kwame Nkrumah paid a visit to Major Sinare at his home in Labone Estates in Accra. On arrival, he knocked on the main door to the house many times until Souad, Major Sinare's wife opened the door. Being a typical Egyptian woman with rich Islamic background, she refused to allow any man other than her husband to shake hands with her bare palm and this is what happened on that very day,” he narrated.

“Kwame Nkrumah stretched his hand to give Mrs Souad Sinare a handshake and to his surprise, Souad who by then had a veil over her head, used part of the veil to cover her hand before accepting Nkrumah's handshake. Souad did not even allow Nkrumah in her living room without the presence of her husband Major Sinare.

Kwame Nkrumah was shocked and later begged Major Sinare to search for him a wife just like Souad his wife. He told him ‘my brother, if I get a wife like yours then I'll have proper security’,” he said.

Fathia Halim Ritzk, a then 25-year-old banker and ex-teacher, was chosen among five women and Kwame Nkrumah proposed to marry her despite her mother’s refusal because she didn’t want to lose her child to a foreign country, Frederick highlighted in her book.

Captain Sinare pointed out that the then Egyptian president Gamel Abdul Nasser, paid the dowry on behalf of Nkrumah and Fathia was flown to Ghana in the company of Major Sinare and his wife Souad.

“Major Sinare once told me, ‘when I brought Fathia, I went straight to the Flagstaff House and did the formal introduction. I told the president: Kwame, this is your wife Fathia and then looked at Fathia and said to her this is your husband Kwame. I am done’,” he added.

Kwame Nkrumah married Fathia at Christiansborg Castle in Osu, Accra on the evening of the 1957 New Year's Eve upon her arrival in Ghana. The couple lived together until 1966 when a coup separated them.

Fathia moved to Cairo with their three young children while Nkrumah went into exile in Guinea where he died in 1972. Fathia died in 2007 after suffering a stroke in Cairo. She was later buried next to her husband at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra.

Many believe that Kwame Nkrumah’s choice of an Egyptian woman as a wife was largely due to his vision of creating a borderless continent with a common goal of African unity. ✊🏽❤️🌍

16/05/2020

I still worry about Africa, we are slaves to western and Eastern Brands and we do not cherish and love our own. We are not even in charge of our economies because we depend heavily on what happens in the East or West, Worse-off we still judge each other based on skin color because those from Northern Africa and even some in East Africa believe that they are not Africans and they do not integrate with the darker Africans. For centuries we are still being victimized by other races from other continents, because they despise our dark skin and think that we are lesser than them..
Xenophobia still lingers and some have the cold heart to kill their black African brothers and sisters and yet the people who owe them reparation and economic freedom are originally from the western countries. We still are held captive by our governments , who abuse our resources only to feed their pockets at the expense our crumbling nations. Why should we continue to suffer when we can apply Pan Africanism and Rise above the Western and Eastern Countries, but sadly we do not because we are not united.. Africa must unite to solve its problems

08/05/2020

Today is the day WW2 ended in Europe. Today is a day of thanks to the gallant German people. Had they not risen against the unfair terms of the the Versailles treaty and reacted against the selfishness of the Britain France and the United States those countries would most definitely have kept Blacks, Africans and Asians in chains in slavery, apartheid and colonialism. This is the ultimate legacy of that war for us so we say THANKYOU Germany for rising up ( but eff you for the national socailism)

16/02/2020

Need a lady who has been in communication field and can huddle Africa political network social media accounts.Must be between 24-33.leaving in east Africa

10/12/2019

*Origin of the Name Africa*
The Name Africa came into the European Western use through the Romans , who infact used the Name : the Name Africa Terra Land of the Afri – plural or Afer as singular '' which was meant for describing the Black Peoples or the Moors of the Northern part of the Continent of Africa which was considered by them as the Province then under Roman Empire with its Capital Carthage which actually corresponds to the Modern day Tunisia in their so called Africa Land of the Afri . The origin , meaning of the word Afer comes from the Phoenician word Afar which inturn means Dust .
The Phoenicians described '' Afri '' referring to Tribe probably was referring to the '' Black Berber Tribes '' who were living , residing or dwelt in North Africa by then in the Carthage Area . This word became so much used by the Greeks in their Greek Language versions of the word Aphrike , meaning without Cold . The same word in Latin Aprica , meaning Sunny Later on , the Historian Leo Africanus ( 1495 – 1554 ) attributed the Origin to the Greek word Phrike meaning a Land free of Cold and Horror . But we get to note the name of the change of sound from ph to f in Greek is datable to about the first century , so this can not be the origin of the Name .Egypt , as we call it today in English Language , was considered as part of the Continent of Asia by the Ancient Greeks and first assigned to becoming part of their designed name Africa by the Geographer Ptolemy(85 – 165 AD ) , who accepted the Egyptian Alexandria as the Prime Meridian and made the isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea as the Boundary between Asian and African Continents . So the White Western Europeans including the pretending to be called White Arabs later on came to understand the real extent of the African Continent and the idea of Africa expanded or continued to expand with their knowledge only about the African People and their Lands meaning. No more for the the rest of the World to know of and really about the African People and of their Cultural Heritage
*Nalb cyber security*

09/09/2019

The ongoing attacks of Africans against fellow Africans in South Africa are despicable, uncouth, barbaric and a disgrace to our continent. These acts need to be shamelessly and strongly condemned and stopped by all civilized humans.

We, the Africa political network (APN) , express our sheer disappointment and devastation by the horrific and vicious acts going on in South Africa. We thus join the call made by members of the progressive community of the world and African continent to strongly condemn such despicable acts of gross inhumanity and call for the immediate stop of such outrageous conducts against the brothers and sisters of African origin.

We, the Africa political network , strongly uphold to the spirit of PAN AFRICANISM and thus maintain that AFRICA IS ONE! From the margins of CAPE to the boundaries of CAIRO we are all natives of Mother Africa. None of us who is of an African origin ought to be held as foreigners or deem others foreigners in these colonial manufactured states in Africa.

In our Africa-ness, we are tasked to promote love for hatred; peace for distraught; and unity for discontent. We ought to realize that we are all relatives. We are none but sons and daughters whose life germinates from the soil of Mother Africa. Until we realize so, of our connection and relationship, we shall remain captives of any and all insidious claims that affect our well-being. Until we define and regard ourselves as Africans and get rid of these implanted and vicious colonial borders we shall forever remain subjects of modern day colonialism.

In our Africa-ness, we are definitely aware of the overwhelming traits of poverty, hunger, diseases, unemployment and homelessness, amongst others, our brothers and sisters in South Africa. The dark sheets of miseries have however not only veiled those of you in South Africa . Such bitter reality extends to those at the heights of Tunisia and at the widths of The Gambia and Mauritius. Such misfortune and miserable living engulf the entire African continent. Such miseries we live in shall never be rid by promoting division and hatred, and even worse, by propagating baseless claims of foreign nationals’ eviction.

As a forum, we strongly realize the immediate need to reclaim our dignity and well being as Africans and more so as human beings. And we ought to do it NOW! But foremost, we should come to such a realization without being misguided and deceived as to who and what our actual enemy is. We ought not to lose track of our task to account for the real enemy. Failure to do so would not only derail our efforts towards our betterment, but such would also justify the baseless, insane and ill arguments offered by our actual enemy towards the continued domination, exploitation and oppression of the African masses.

Our Brothers and Sisters in South Africa and beyond, we, the Africa political network , hold with great belief that the magnitude of our socioeconomic problems are not and cannot be attributed for by “a bunch of so called foreigners” embracing the streets of Jo’burg and so forth. We ought to disassociate ourselves from these cheap explanations. Our challenges are way and beyond the labels of nationality. The driver of Zambian and Ugandan origin is not the problem; the Zimbabwean and Nigerian traders are not the enemy. These poor fellow Africans called foreigners are nothing but toilers and fellow victims of the dilapidating conditions. Their lives too are of sheer uncertainties, as their socioeconomic fate solely depends on the crumbs of the “masters”.

The real enemy is the monopolization of the means of production by few, and in blunt term, as for South Africa , the real enemy is the white monopoly capital. Ever since the apartheid regime, South Africa 's economy has been dominated by the white minority and this feature still remains to be the key anomaly towards the prosperity of the majority of the South African population. Elsewhere in Africa, the core problem of its majority population is the dominance of its economy by a few.

Unless the majority of the population rectifies itself from this situation and challenge the status quo, we shall forever butcher one another; irrigate the ground with innocent blood and further pave for the prevalence of our miseries and deep rooted inequalities. Unless we join up forces and address the systemic misfortunes with sheer vigor and determination we shall always remain subjects of intensified exploitation, oppression and domination.

Our reactionary energy and endeavors shall remain futile and they shall eventually perish in disdain. No significant changes shall be experienced. Rather than hope our lives shall forever be clouded with despair. The stains of the innocent blood shall haunt us to more and more wretchedness.

Until when we shall unite and direct our anger and hatred to the dominant minority and their respective puppets who champion for the minority’s domination, then is when we shall be able to reclaim our dignity; progress towards prosperity and achieve the total liberation of our continent.

It is on these grounds we, the Africa political network , condemn the black on black violence in South and equally do the same to all those who have retaliated with the same barbaric actions elsewhere in Africa. We call for a united action in dealing with what is happening in South and above all a united approach towards the promotion of the lives and well-being of the African masses at large.

Together We are Strong

*Alinaitwe Moses Nalbs*
*Africa political network* *

20/04/2019

May we commemorate Easter as a time when God, through His Son Jesus our Saviour, turned the inevitability of death into the invincibility of life!
Let's consider how we may spur one another towards Love and Good deeds - (Hebrews 10:24).
Wishing you all a joyful Easter.