Eze Chimere NwauzoLeader of OAF After Haiti got her Independence from France in 1804, in 1825, King Charles of France sent 12 war ships to Haiti threatening to attack her except Haiti paid 150 million Francs (about 3x the GDP of Haiti then) later “scaled down” to 90 million Francs ($21 billion dollars in today’sContinue reading “One of the reasons why Haiti is poor today”
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ZAMBIA’S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
By Moono John The borders of Northern Rhodesia (present day Zambia) were drawn by the British between 1890 and 1911. This scenario is very similar among African countries as their borders were drawn by the colonial powers after the Berlin Conference that gave go ahead to the Scramble for Africa. Before the encroachment on theContinue reading “ZAMBIA’S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT”