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Crimea: Lessons for Africa

May 6, 2014May 6, 2014 RISE NETWORKS0 Comment Politics, Rise Networks Community Africa, Civil War, Contributions, Culture, G20, G8, government, Healthcare, Influence, lessons, Nigeria, Population, Rise National Youth Forum, risenetworks.org, Ukraine

(By Makinde Collins) Unfortunately, when Westerners whine about the growing Chinese influence in Africa they hardly realise how patronising it feels. They seem to be

Recounting The Nigerian Civil War: Really, There Was A Country

February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 RISE NETWORKS0 Comment Rise Networks Community African Literature, Biafra, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chinua Achebe, Civil War, Dominance, Ibos, independence, leadership, Nigeria, Yorubas

(By Nwachukwu Joshua) “I think the missing link in Nigerians problem is leadership. From independence I do not think we have had competent leaders, who