AFRICA IS BLEEDING & BLEEDING FAST
By Reuben Aubee & Francis Aubee
Injustice to one is an injustice to all. When fundamental human rights are grossly abused, a fight for survival is bound to happen. This has been the case in Nigeria over the past few weeks and in other African states. It is time for the status quo to change. Time and time again the youths have been told that they are the “leaders of tomorrow” but that is one of the most futile, nonsensical, and implicitly repressive statements. The youths are not even afforded a chance to live and succeed. There is so much potential in the African youth, and this is something that cannot be ignored as an African leader.
Few macrosystems are self-correcting and governments are not one of them. There has been a great distrust for states and their self-serving institutions and that is not changing anytime soon. Many public institutions across Africa are filled with crippling inefficiency, negligence, and brazen corruption. From Nigeria to Zimbabwe, Namibia to Congo, Cameroon to South Africa, citizens are demanding two things — their right to life and justice for the slain. The right to life ought to be sacred and protected, instead, men, women, and children now have to demand and fight for it from the state, police, exploiters, and oppressors. The bloodied social contract must be torn apart. Governments in Africa do not uphold their own side of…
