Tag: BY FRANCIS KOKUTSE

Togo Has Taken Up Challenge To Revive Pan-Africanism, By Francis Kokutse

Francis KOKUTSE

“Togo’s minister of foreign affairs and African integration, Prof Robert Dussey says, it took the hug of a Black Brazilian couple to jolt him into action.”     After the last Pan-African Congress in South Africa in 2014, nothing much has happened, and it seemed everyone went to sleep, but thanks to the Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbe, there is a renewed determination to bring back Pan-Africanism among Africans and Black people in the diaspora. Accordingly, Togo is preparing to host the 9th Pan-African Congress. For many who do not understand…

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Africa’s Aviation in Turbulence, Bumpy Flights

Ganiyu Amodu

Tips on how to manage psychological trauma that passengers usually experience during heavy turbulence in a flight, and why airlines usually insist cellphones are switched off during take off and landing, as given by an aviation expert, Dr Dayo Kayode, during Platforms Africa weekly e-Discourse. What is the state of aviation industry in Africa? The state of this industry is like others in Africa. A situation whereby the governments in Africa have refused to choose their priorities right while also not allowing industries to thrive through corruption. We can imagine…

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DEFINING FAKE NEWS, BY FRANCIS KOKUTSE

ADEOLA YUSUF

When governments around the world show their disgust over fake news, it amuses me because they engage in that a lot. l have covered the military in the past, and that was where l was given an insight into what military intelligence people call “cover story” that becomes propaganda in theatres of war. If they won’t admit it, let them know that it is also fake news of a kind. Over the past few years, fake news has grown to become a new phenomenon that has taken the globe by…

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