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Hisia zangu tu!
Kuna mchoro bado unasanifiwa wa kumpa Wema Sepetu ukatibu mkuu wa UWT
Naye akalambelambe ubunge na minofu mingine
Kuna mchoro bado unasanifiwa wa kumpa Wema Sepetu ukatibu mkuu wa UWT
Naye akalambelambe ubunge na minofu mingine
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Hawa watawala sasa wamekuwa kama wakoloni wamekithiri kwa uhasama na visasi
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BY 2050, AFRICANS TO ACCOUNT TO 25% OF GLOBAL POPULATION!
Astonishing change is underway in Africa, where the population is projected to nearly double to 2.5 billion over the next quarter-century — an era that will not only transform many African countries, experts say, but also radically reshape their relationship with the rest of the world.
Birthrates are tumbling in richer nations, creating anxiety about how to care for, and pay for, their aging societies. But Africa’s baby boom continues apace, fueling the youngest, fastest growing population on earth.
In 1950, Africans made up 8 percent of the world’s people. A century later, they will account for one-quarter of humanity, and at least one-third of all young people aged 15 to 24, according to United Nations forecasts.
The median age on the African continent is 19. In India, the world’s most populous country, it is 28. In China and the United States, it is 38.
Astonishing change is underway in Africa, where the population is projected to nearly double to 2.5 billion over the next quarter-century — an era that will not only transform many African countries, experts say, but also radically reshape their relationship with the rest of the world.
Birthrates are tumbling in richer nations, creating anxiety about how to care for, and pay for, their aging societies. But Africa’s baby boom continues apace, fueling the youngest, fastest growing population on earth.
In 1950, Africans made up 8 percent of the world’s people. A century later, they will account for one-quarter of humanity, and at least one-third of all young people aged 15 to 24, according to United Nations forecasts.
The median age on the African continent is 19. In India, the world’s most populous country, it is 28. In China and the United States, it is 38.
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The African diaspora has become the largest financier of Africa,” said Akinwumi Adesina, the bank’s head.
In fact, the majority of young migrants do not even leave the continent, moving instead to other countries in Africa. But the plight of those who gamble their lives to travel further — left to die in sinking boats by the Greek Coast Guard, gunned down by Saudi border police or even stumbling through Central American jungle to reach the United States — has become a potent emblem of generational desperation.
The new big idea to invigorate African economies is the transition to green energy. African governments and investors are angling for a piece of the global effort, sure to involve trillions of dollars in the coming decades, which they hope can deliver Africa’s much-sought-after industrial revolution.
Africa has 60 percent of the world’s solar energy potential and 70 percent of its cobalt, a key mineral for making electric vehicles. Its tropical rainforests pull more carbon from the atmosphere than the Amazon. Ambitious ventures are taking shape in numerous countries: a dazzling solar tower in Morocco; a $10 billion green hydrogen plant in Namibia; a Kenyan-made machine that extracts carbon from the air.
In fact, the majority of young migrants do not even leave the continent, moving instead to other countries in Africa. But the plight of those who gamble their lives to travel further — left to die in sinking boats by the Greek Coast Guard, gunned down by Saudi border police or even stumbling through Central American jungle to reach the United States — has become a potent emblem of generational desperation.
The new big idea to invigorate African economies is the transition to green energy. African governments and investors are angling for a piece of the global effort, sure to involve trillions of dollars in the coming decades, which they hope can deliver Africa’s much-sought-after industrial revolution.
Africa has 60 percent of the world’s solar energy potential and 70 percent of its cobalt, a key mineral for making electric vehicles. Its tropical rainforests pull more carbon from the atmosphere than the Amazon. Ambitious ventures are taking shape in numerous countries: a dazzling solar tower in Morocco; a $10 billion green hydrogen plant in Namibia; a Kenyan-made machine that extracts carbon from the air.
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YOUNG VOTERS, OLD LEADERS
A youthful continent is run by old men. The average African leader is 63 years old; the oldest, President Paul Biya of Cameroon, is 90, a full 72 years older than the average Cameroonian. Under their grip, democracy has fallen to its lowest point in decades: Half of all Africans live in countries considered “not free” by Freedom House.
Five African heads of state, including Mr. Biya, have held power for more than three decades; nearly all are grooming their sons as successors. “Sick old men,” said the Nigerian writer and Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, in an interview.
Even so, foreign powers are scrambling to back them.
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, in power since 1994, receives over $1 billion in Western aid annually, and has established his tiny country as a hub for sports and international conferences — even as he is accused of killing or kidnapping his critics, or purports to win elections by a margin of 99 percent.
As the United States, China and Russia vie for position, an array of middle powers is crowding in too. About 400 new embassies have opened in African countries since 2012, according to the Diplometrics Program at the University of Denver; Turkey, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and India top the list.
A youthful continent is run by old men. The average African leader is 63 years old; the oldest, President Paul Biya of Cameroon, is 90, a full 72 years older than the average Cameroonian. Under their grip, democracy has fallen to its lowest point in decades: Half of all Africans live in countries considered “not free” by Freedom House.
Five African heads of state, including Mr. Biya, have held power for more than three decades; nearly all are grooming their sons as successors. “Sick old men,” said the Nigerian writer and Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, in an interview.
Even so, foreign powers are scrambling to back them.
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, in power since 1994, receives over $1 billion in Western aid annually, and has established his tiny country as a hub for sports and international conferences — even as he is accused of killing or kidnapping his critics, or purports to win elections by a margin of 99 percent.
As the United States, China and Russia vie for position, an array of middle powers is crowding in too. About 400 new embassies have opened in African countries since 2012, according to the Diplometrics Program at the University of Denver; Turkey, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and India top the list.
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Yet there is one key group that Africa’s gerontocrats have disastrously failed to win over: the alienated youth of their own nations.
“Our elites treat us like idiots,” Nourdine Aouadé, a lawyer and young political leader, said at his office in Niger’s capital, Niamey, after a military takeover in August. Like many young Nigeriens, Mr. Awade, 32, supported the action.
“Coups are just the consequence of social injustice,” he said.
“Our elites treat us like idiots,” Nourdine Aouadé, a lawyer and young political leader, said at his office in Niger’s capital, Niamey, after a military takeover in August. Like many young Nigeriens, Mr. Awade, 32, supported the action.
“Coups are just the consequence of social injustice,” he said.
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MILITANTS SPREADING.
While some take flight, others pick up a gun.
In the Sahel, the semiarid region bordering the Sahara that runs across the African continent, tens of thousands of teenagers have joined militant groups linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State. They bring havoc in their wake — thousands of civilians killed, five million forced from their homes and political destabilization that has led to a string of military coups.
But the main driver of this powerful insurgency is not an extremist ideology or religious belief, according to a U.N. study of 1,000 former fighters from eight countries. Instead, researchers found, the single biggest reason for joining a militant group was the simple desire to have a job.
Modu Ali, from a poor family with 10 children in northern Nigeria, had barely finished primary school when he joined the extremist group Boko Haram, over a decade ago. His goal was to “fight for the rights of the deprived,” he said. “Instead it ruined my life.” He surrendered and joined a rehabilitation program for former fighters.
The Sahel leads the world in two ways. It is the global center of extremist violence, accounting for 43 percent of all such deaths in 2022, according to the Global Terrorism Index. And it has the highest birthrates — on average seven children per woman in Niger and northern Nigeria, six in Mali and Chad, and five in Sudan and Burkina Faso.
While some take flight, others pick up a gun.
In the Sahel, the semiarid region bordering the Sahara that runs across the African continent, tens of thousands of teenagers have joined militant groups linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State. They bring havoc in their wake — thousands of civilians killed, five million forced from their homes and political destabilization that has led to a string of military coups.
But the main driver of this powerful insurgency is not an extremist ideology or religious belief, according to a U.N. study of 1,000 former fighters from eight countries. Instead, researchers found, the single biggest reason for joining a militant group was the simple desire to have a job.
Modu Ali, from a poor family with 10 children in northern Nigeria, had barely finished primary school when he joined the extremist group Boko Haram, over a decade ago. His goal was to “fight for the rights of the deprived,” he said. “Instead it ruined my life.” He surrendered and joined a rehabilitation program for former fighters.
The Sahel leads the world in two ways. It is the global center of extremist violence, accounting for 43 percent of all such deaths in 2022, according to the Global Terrorism Index. And it has the highest birthrates — on average seven children per woman in Niger and northern Nigeria, six in Mali and Chad, and five in Sudan and Burkina Faso.
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THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE.
It could be that Africa will undergo transformations that are hard to see now.
When the economist Ha-Joon Chang was growing up in South Korea in the 1960s, his country was subjected to the same condescension and racism leveled at many African nations today, he said. It was poor, had just emerged from war, and was seen by American officials as a basket case.
“Nobody took us seriously,” said Mr. Chang, now a professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
That South Korea has become one of the world’s largest economies shows how success can strike in the most unlikely places, Mr. Chang added: “With time and effort, remarkable transformations are possible.”
A young population was a big part of South Korea’s success, Mr. Chang said. But it took other ingredients, too: visionary leaders, wise policies and education, as well as intangibles like drive, innovation and sheer good fortune, he said. “A lot of things have to work together.”
Could Africa’s youth boom portend a similar miracle?
This year’s surging turmoil — new crises, new wars and new economic slumps — would give pause to the greatest of optimists. Yet there are also reasons to hope.
“I tell my friends in England that the time will come when they will put out a red carpet for those guys now coming in boats,” said Mr. Ibrahim, the philanthropist.
It could be that Africa will undergo transformations that are hard to see now.
When the economist Ha-Joon Chang was growing up in South Korea in the 1960s, his country was subjected to the same condescension and racism leveled at many African nations today, he said. It was poor, had just emerged from war, and was seen by American officials as a basket case.
“Nobody took us seriously,” said Mr. Chang, now a professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
That South Korea has become one of the world’s largest economies shows how success can strike in the most unlikely places, Mr. Chang added: “With time and effort, remarkable transformations are possible.”
A young population was a big part of South Korea’s success, Mr. Chang said. But it took other ingredients, too: visionary leaders, wise policies and education, as well as intangibles like drive, innovation and sheer good fortune, he said. “A lot of things have to work together.”
Could Africa’s youth boom portend a similar miracle?
This year’s surging turmoil — new crises, new wars and new economic slumps — would give pause to the greatest of optimists. Yet there are also reasons to hope.
“I tell my friends in England that the time will come when they will put out a red carpet for those guys now coming in boats,” said Mr. Ibrahim, the philanthropist.
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Some, like Nedye Astou Touré, are already reaching for the stars.
Ms. Touré, a 23-year-old student, stood over a pile of old aircraft parts at a university lab in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. Her eyes gleamed with anticipation. “It’s for a rocket,” she said of the pile.
She and another senior at the university hope to launch their projectile 100 meters into the air, a first step toward building a low-orbit satellite.
It might take a while, Ms. Touré admitted. But while others with such grand dreams have typically left Africa behind, she wanted to show it can be done at home.
“Just wait,” she said. “Three years from now you might be hearing about us.”
Ms. Touré, a 23-year-old student, stood over a pile of old aircraft parts at a university lab in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. Her eyes gleamed with anticipation. “It’s for a rocket,” she said of the pile.
She and another senior at the university hope to launch their projectile 100 meters into the air, a first step toward building a low-orbit satellite.
It might take a while, Ms. Touré admitted. But while others with such grand dreams have typically left Africa behind, she wanted to show it can be done at home.
“Just wait,” she said. “Three years from now you might be hearing about us.”
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OUR PROJECTIONS: LANDLESSNESS IN TANZANIA TO IMPACT 70%+ OF THE BONAFIDE CITIZENS TO PAVE WAY TO ALIEN INVESTORS!
You may not know it that western banks such as World Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Blackrock among others through dubious land collateral now own huge tracts of land in Tanzania as fake foreign investors bribe their way to title deeds to hand them to those banks for billions of dollars.
At the rate foreign investors are grabbing land we are now projecting within two decades not less than 70% of Tanzanians will be squatters in their own country!
You may not know it that western banks such as World Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Blackrock among others through dubious land collateral now own huge tracts of land in Tanzania as fake foreign investors bribe their way to title deeds to hand them to those banks for billions of dollars.
At the rate foreign investors are grabbing land we are now projecting within two decades not less than 70% of Tanzanians will be squatters in their own country!
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World Bank investigating alleged crimes at $150 million Ruaha tourism project.
The CitizenOct 27, 2023 12:18 PM
What you need to know:
Dar es Salaam.
The World Bank is investigating allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions involving villagers near the site of a proposed tourism project funded by the lender in Ruaha.
The bank has been accused of “enabling” alleged violence by the government to make way for a $150 million project expected to protect the environment and attract more tourists to Ruaha National Park.
The “resilient natural resource management for tourism and growth” (Regrow) project will almost double the size of the park, which is 130km (80 miles) from Iringa.
"The World Bank takes the allegations very seriously, and we are looking into them, working with the Borrower and Bank’s Inspection Panel,” said a World Bank spokesperson.
The spokesperson added: A dedicated bank mission went to Tanzania in response to complaints received by the bank, to get firsthand information. If a borrower is not implementing a project in line with the bank’s environmental and social standards, we want to know about it and more importantly want to address the issues of concern promptly," said the spokesperson.
Villagers living near Ruaha told researchers at the Oakland Institute thinktank that rangers had killed and beaten cattle herders and fishers, had raped women and confiscated thousands of herd of cattle, under the premise that they had encroached on the national park.
In April 2021, rangers reportedly shot and killed William Nundu (38), a fisher, and allegedly killed two herders, Sandu Masanja (28), and Ngusa Salawa (14).
The regional police commander claimed that they were killed by wild animals while illegally entering the park, according to a report published by the institute on Thursday.
The CitizenOct 27, 2023 12:18 PM
What you need to know:
Dar es Salaam.
The World Bank is investigating allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions involving villagers near the site of a proposed tourism project funded by the lender in Ruaha.
The bank has been accused of “enabling” alleged violence by the government to make way for a $150 million project expected to protect the environment and attract more tourists to Ruaha National Park.
The “resilient natural resource management for tourism and growth” (Regrow) project will almost double the size of the park, which is 130km (80 miles) from Iringa.
"The World Bank takes the allegations very seriously, and we are looking into them, working with the Borrower and Bank’s Inspection Panel,” said a World Bank spokesperson.
The spokesperson added: A dedicated bank mission went to Tanzania in response to complaints received by the bank, to get firsthand information. If a borrower is not implementing a project in line with the bank’s environmental and social standards, we want to know about it and more importantly want to address the issues of concern promptly," said the spokesperson.
Villagers living near Ruaha told researchers at the Oakland Institute thinktank that rangers had killed and beaten cattle herders and fishers, had raped women and confiscated thousands of herd of cattle, under the premise that they had encroached on the national park.
In April 2021, rangers reportedly shot and killed William Nundu (38), a fisher, and allegedly killed two herders, Sandu Masanja (28), and Ngusa Salawa (14).
The regional police commander claimed that they were killed by wild animals while illegally entering the park, according to a report published by the institute on Thursday.
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More than 21,000 people from dozens of villages around Ruaha are also facing eviction by the government, the report claimed.
The executive director of the Oakland Institute, Ms Anuradha Mittal said; “Regrow project is not about protecting wildlife or conservation. Instead, the bank is financing an oppressive and violent economic growth model based on boosting tourism revenues.”
She said the World Bank should have scrutinised the Tanzanian government’s record on human rights before financing it.
Two community members, with the help of Oakland, have also submitted a complaint to the World Bank saying they had not been consulted about the evictions or provided adequate resettlement plans for the projects, which were causing “harm to their identity, culture and rights.”
A community leader who spoke to the Guardian on condition of anonymity called the government’s actions “heavy-handed and unlawful”. He said communities in more than 40 villages will lose ancestral and lawfully owned land.
“Many farmers were barred from cultivating their farms this year causing hunger and poverty. Many of the residents of the villages in question face an uncertain future and psychological pain,” he said.
The executive director of the Oakland Institute, Ms Anuradha Mittal said; “Regrow project is not about protecting wildlife or conservation. Instead, the bank is financing an oppressive and violent economic growth model based on boosting tourism revenues.”
She said the World Bank should have scrutinised the Tanzanian government’s record on human rights before financing it.
Two community members, with the help of Oakland, have also submitted a complaint to the World Bank saying they had not been consulted about the evictions or provided adequate resettlement plans for the projects, which were causing “harm to their identity, culture and rights.”
A community leader who spoke to the Guardian on condition of anonymity called the government’s actions “heavy-handed and unlawful”. He said communities in more than 40 villages will lose ancestral and lawfully owned land.
“Many farmers were barred from cultivating their farms this year causing hunger and poverty. Many of the residents of the villages in question face an uncertain future and psychological pain,” he said.
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“I want the World Bank to immediately halt the project and conduct forensic investigation on the allegations of gross violation of human rights in the project area.”
Roland Ebole, an Amnesty International researcher focusing on Tanzania and Uganda, said abuses around the park have been reported since 2008 when the government first began to scope out plans for its expansion.
“We find villagers being accused of herding inside areas they have been restricted from and they are told to pay fines of high amounts or have their cattle confiscated. I know villagers who have been willing to pay fines but officials hold them in custody for days,” said Ebole.
In 2021, the then regional commissioner for Mbeya, Mr Albert Chalamila said that two rangers were arrested as investigation was ongoing.
Efforts to get the comments from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and from the Regrow project could not yield.
In 2017, the World Bank approved a $150 million credit from the International Development Association, through the Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth Project (Regrow) which would be implemented in six years since then.
The project was expected to increase conservation and management of unique protected areas in southern Tanzania, and promote alternative livelihoods for rural communities.
The project which also included infrastructure development was expected to protect natural assets and benefit nearly 40,000 households around the protected areas.
The project was also expected to position the “southern circuit” as an engine of growth through tourism development and associated benefits; enable communities in the project area to enhance their incomes by linking them with resilient livelihoods; promote increased conservation of national parks and game reserves; reduce human-wildlife conflict and strengthen resilience to climate vulnerability and change; and contribute towards safeguarding flows from the Great Ruaha River into the Ruaha National Park.
The southern circuit includes several National Parks (Katavi, Kitulo, Mahale, Udzungwa Mountains, Mikumi and Ruaha), Game Reserves (with Selous being the largest), two rift valley lakes (Nyasa and Tanganyika), areas of cultural interest, and access to the primary gateway town of Iringa.
Roland Ebole, an Amnesty International researcher focusing on Tanzania and Uganda, said abuses around the park have been reported since 2008 when the government first began to scope out plans for its expansion.
“We find villagers being accused of herding inside areas they have been restricted from and they are told to pay fines of high amounts or have their cattle confiscated. I know villagers who have been willing to pay fines but officials hold them in custody for days,” said Ebole.
In 2021, the then regional commissioner for Mbeya, Mr Albert Chalamila said that two rangers were arrested as investigation was ongoing.
Efforts to get the comments from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and from the Regrow project could not yield.
In 2017, the World Bank approved a $150 million credit from the International Development Association, through the Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth Project (Regrow) which would be implemented in six years since then.
The project was expected to increase conservation and management of unique protected areas in southern Tanzania, and promote alternative livelihoods for rural communities.
The project which also included infrastructure development was expected to protect natural assets and benefit nearly 40,000 households around the protected areas.
The project was also expected to position the “southern circuit” as an engine of growth through tourism development and associated benefits; enable communities in the project area to enhance their incomes by linking them with resilient livelihoods; promote increased conservation of national parks and game reserves; reduce human-wildlife conflict and strengthen resilience to climate vulnerability and change; and contribute towards safeguarding flows from the Great Ruaha River into the Ruaha National Park.
The southern circuit includes several National Parks (Katavi, Kitulo, Mahale, Udzungwa Mountains, Mikumi and Ruaha), Game Reserves (with Selous being the largest), two rift valley lakes (Nyasa and Tanganyika), areas of cultural interest, and access to the primary gateway town of Iringa.