Zimbabwe in Trouble, No Round 3 and Africa's Badass Women

“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.” — Bruce Lee

“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.” — Albert Schweitzer

Nigerian presidents are constitutionally allowed to hold the top office for two terms of four years. Lately there has been speculation that President Buhari might seek to run for a third term and potentially have the constitution amended to permit this. This would put President Bubu in very low company i.e. the likes of many other African dictators.

While this should go without saying, Nigeria is an interesting place where this kind of thing is possible. Especially with a previous president attempting something similar. As such, the Presidency has had to publicly denounce the rumors, going so far as to describe the speculation as as “internet-based gossip and un-informed media commentary”.

The Presidency has also said that Buhari would “serve his full second elected term in office, ending 2023 and then there shall be a general election in which he will not be a candidate.”

For once, Nigeria has refused to reward incompetence. We love to see it.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s most prolific travel blogger, has stated that “Nigerians can’t continue going overseas for treatment”.

The President, who himself had travelled to the United Kingdom for treatment on several occasions, stated this at the opening of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital through a representative.

Talk about tone-deaf.

South Africa’s cash-strapped and scandal-riddled energy company Eskom has been battling to keep the lights on.

This week it announced that it would extend electricity cuts until 5 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Monday. South Africa is learning all the wrong lessons from its brother Nigeria, including how to keep your people in darkness.

As well as hyperinflation, Zimbabwe has been hit by severe drought in parts of the country. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that food supplies will run out in early 2020 (end of February to be precise) unless urgent assistance is provided.

According to the UN, more than 2.2 million people in urban Zimbabwe and 5.5 million others in rural areas are at risk of starvation due to a drought in the last agriculture season and a prolonged dry spell.

Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo has been elected president after winning a run-off vote against another ex-prime minister.

We have taken to using what we call the Ehn scale. The longer the Ehn the more incredulous. For example, President Buhari is not Nigeria’s most prolific travel blogger: Ehnnnnn? Got it?

Craziest headline of 2020?

Here’s some food for thought from James Clear:

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