The Senate Gets Curious About Developments in Zimbabwe – Pt. 2

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Chinese Zimbabwe, Chris Coons, Donald Yamamoto, Earl Gast, Jeff Flake, Marange Mine, Rainbow Towers Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe election prospects, Zimbabwe elections

Yesterday, I covered the 2^nd panel that constituted the hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ Subcommittee on African Affairs on Examining Prospects for Democratic Reform and Economic Recovery in Zimbabwe.  The First panel of the session convened Earl Gast, Assistant Administrator at USAID and Donald Yamamoto, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs.

USAID Engages African Youth

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African youth, Blaise Compaoré, CSIS, Earl Gast, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Kenya, USAID

Unfortunately, DC offers too many events for me to cover.  One event that I missed today (which I would have greatly liked to attend), was a CSIS convocation on “Building Youth-Inclusive Democracies: Lessons from Kenya.”  Given the recently concluded election, this couldn’t be more timely.  Kenya only knew 2 rulers for its first 40 years; Kenyatta will be inaugurated as the 4^th head of state in Kenya’s 50^th year of independence.

In general, I believe that a major problem facing African governance is the lack of new (and young) blood, which fuels resentment and discontent with normal channels of representative governance.