African Republics Become Dynasties as Longest-Serving Big Men Appoint Sons Vice Regents
At 93, #Cameroon’s Paul #Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, has moved to institutionalise his family’s grip on power. After 43 years at the helm, Biya reinstated the office of Vice President, abolished in 1972, and immediately installed his son, Franck Biya (in photo), into the role.
To consolidate this succession, the junior Biya was simultaneously named Head of the Armed Forces and Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Defence. This ensures that should the elder Biya (who is increasingly frail and spends much of his time in Europe) vacate the seat, Franck automatically assumes the presidency.
Biya appears to be following the blueprint set by Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang #Nguema Mbasogo. Having ruled for 46 years now, Obiang appointed his son, #Teodoro "Teodorin" Nguema Obiang Mangue, as Vice President in 2016. Like his Cameroonian counterpart, Teodorin controls national defence and security, serving as the de facto second-in-command.
In Uganda, Yoweri #Museveni has maintained his 40-year tenure while elevating his son, Gen. #Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to Chief of Defence Forces. Although Muhoozi lacks a formal civilian title like Vice President, he remains the country's third most powerful figure.
Despite contradictory public statements regarding his own presidential ambitions, he continues to lead the Patriotic League of Uganda, a political movement seen as a personal vehicle for his eventual ascent.
The pattern repeats in the Republic of #Congo, where Denis Sassou #Nguesso –fresh from a widely discredited election victory after 42 years in power–has embedded his son, Denis-Christel, at the heart of the cabinet as Minister of International Cooperation and Promotion of Public-Private Partnership. A dry run for the top.
Similarly, in ##Eritrea’s hermetic regime, Isaias #Afwerki has begun using his son, Abraham, as a diplomatic proxy and strategic advisor, possibly a dress rehearsal for a future handover.
Even in nations without a history of long-rule and dynastic tradition, the trend is emerging. #Tanzania’s Samia #Suluhu Hassan, following a brutal and rigged 2025 election, stunned the nation by appointing her son-in-law, Mohamed #Mchengerwa, as Health Minister and her daughter, Wanu Hafidh #Ameir, as Deputy Minister of Education. For a country previously defined by political modesty, Suluhu’s iron-fisted approach signals a departure toward the nepotistic norms seen elsewhere on the continent.
This dynastic trend is accelerating likely because aging autocrats view their offspring as the only reliable guarantee against post-incumbency prosecution or the dismantling of their business empires. By blurring the lines between state institutions and family bloodlines, these leaders ensure that the machinery of the military and the treasury remains under a single, trusted roof.
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China's President Xi Jinping must be the proverbial lucky child of modern geopolitics. While other world powers exhaust their resources and reputation in messy conflicts, Xi remains the primary beneficiary of global instability. Through their pursuit of draining and distracting wars, U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin have essentially gifted him the world.
They’ve allowed Beijing to expand its influence across every continent without China having to fire a single shot. No one in human history has been gifted global hegemony on such a massive discount. Xi simply stands ready to collect the keys to a new era with only a minimum deposit on the Kingdom.
Five minutes after you’re born, they decide your name, religion, tribe, nationality, and sect. Then you spend the rest of your life defending what you did not choose.
For the first time in over 50 years, humans are Moonbound.
At 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 UTC) NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft lifted off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on a planned test flight around the Moon and back. https://t.co/0Q9ZB4IWVI
Last night, NASA launched a 10-day moonbound mission called Artemis II.
This mission is a journey of 1 MILLION KILOMETERS. It is a figure-eight trajectory, looping out from Earth, around the Moon, and back again.
It is a test mission for the next lunar exploration by Artemis III, scheduled for 2027, which will be conducted by a SpaceX spaceship.
The last lunar exploration (Apollo 17) happened 53 years ago (December 1972).
You can track the 10-day Artemis II Mission here:
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Some of the deadliest snake venoms in the world are turned into life saving medicine inside a horse.
A horse can be gradually exposed to tiny, controlled amounts of that same venom. Its immune system studies it, adapts, and begins to produce powerful antibodies designed to neutralise it.
Over time, this response becomes strong enough to counter the toxin. Scientists then collect these antibodies, refine them, and turn them into antivenom.
So the same substance that can kill in a moment is transformed, through a horse, into something that saves countless lives.
Kenyan architecture scene is ironic because the more African a building looks, the more likely the owner is European and the more European a house looks, the more likely the owner is African.
True that. He was force behind Wako draft. Or multiparty politics. Kibaki was KANU damu. He moved constitutional amendment (Section 2A) motion to make Kenya de jure one party state. It was passed in record 30 minutes. Our fight to repeal 2A was to undo his handiwork.