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Where is the Place of Young People in Nation Building?

"The youth is the hope of our future" said Jose Rizal. This and many other writings underscore the place of the youth in national building. Young people are spontaneous and adventurous. They're energetic and more responsive to change. This features give them the responsibility of driving positive change, which is a function of nation building. If you were to be a contractor who would you rather assign to supply blocks around? A young person right? Yes, young people are supposed to be given the shovel, helmets and boots to build the kind of country they want their children to live in- their dream country. I cannot undermine the place if the old. They should advice and suggest and coach, but work on the ground is our responsibility. If young people never take this responsibility into their hands, the nation will most definitely lag behind and your children will suffer the same problems you haven't solved.  It's our responsibility, we must seize it. NGEW Caleb Ndikaa...

Burkina Faso Begins 2022 in Grand Style.

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Every government has a an army who are responsible for the safety and security of the state. Sometimes when the military get unsatisfied with the executive arm of government, they resort to seize the executive power. This is in other words referred to as a coup d'etat. Most Burkinabes are familiar with that expression, I mean very familiar and I'll tell you why. As at last year, more than 200 coup d'etats have successfully happened in Africa with the most recent occuring in Chad and then Burkina Faso on the 23rd of January 2022. People have different views of coup d'etats, while some think it's detestable, others rather think it serves the best interest of the citizens. Whichever side you are on, it doesn't change that fact that one who has power in their right hand and a gun in their left hand is scary and capable of anything. This is the more reason why economic blocs frown at countries that suffer coups and lebels sanction against them especially if transitio...

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 Photography is one of those hobbies of mine that I take so much delight in, sharing my point of view.