Youth

Conflict which increasing in the continent also affects young people more than any other age bracket. Additionally, In Sub-Saharan Africa, 3 in 5 of the total unemployed are youth (ILO 2006) and on average 72 percent of the youth population live with less than US$2 a day.

When students get worked up about university administration they resort to vandalism and woe unto you if you are caught up by demonstrating students in the streets.

The storm that accompanied Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka's outbursts about his green card has thrown light on certain issues that in the interest of nation-building and public peace it may be suicidal to ignore.