Christopher Hitchens once said, “There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which tribe, the president belongs. Each African country has had its own ways of handling the discord problem. The devolution project was greatly promising and some progress has even come out of its implementation thus far. Marginalisation and economic inequalities have also festered as a result of our messy politics. Sadly, some politicians are selfishly and dangerously exploiting this economic faultline as a rhetorical weapon for their election in 2022.

Source: The Star March 16, 2021 00:56 UTC