Africa

Protests in Burundi against Pierre Nkurunziza seeking third term

Despite international warnings to African dictators against seeking to extend their reign by changing the constitution of their countries, the Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has decided to oppose defiance. He has decided to ignore the Burundian Constitution and run for a banned third term. He has chosen to become a dictator. The move has baffled most of the observers of the Burundian politics, who point to how democracy was gained, after decades of bloody civil wars, massacres, and genocides. The current and first  democratically elected government of Burundi in its history  followed hundreds of years of Tutsi minority rule that often resorted to genocide and mass murders  targeting the Hutu masses to maintain itself in power.  

Mob of South Africans Targeting African Migrants

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini,  addressing a recent gathering of his subjects, said, according to the media,  that "foreigners should pack their bags and go"  because they are taking jobs from South African citizens. Immediately, mobs of unemployed South Africans, mostly young men, took to the streets and started attacking African migrants in the port city of Durban. Soon after, the unrests spread across the country and targeted foreigners, mostly Africans and  those pereceived as such. Gangs of young men, armed with clubs and stones rampaged cities,  looting  and setting shops ablaze.

 Machete-wielding mobs and gang attackers started hacking African immigrants to death across most  major cities in South Africa. Those who could

President Obama, Michelle Obama and President Kabila at the Whitehouse during US-Africa Summit in 2014.

On March 31, 2015, US President Obama called  President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  During the call, President Obama and President Kabila discussed several topics ranging from the need for the respect of the constitution, timely, credible and peaceful democratic elections, and the respect of human rights.

Late last year, President Kabila sought to change the Constitution to allow himself for an illegal third term. He backed down when the Congolese