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Empower youth to avert power grabs in Africa

General Brice Nguema was named the new leader after Gabon coup attempt. [AFP]

Africa's future is in its youth, who if not taken care of, will be the disaster. An example is 2010 Arab Spring that began in Tunisia in response to corruption and economic stagnation.

If African governments don't take care of its citizens, especially the youth, we will see more chaos. Arab Spring-like revolution comes in different dimensions. We saw what happened in Egypt in 2013 where 22 million signatures were collected to oust President Mohamed Morsi over authoritarianism and economic meltdown.

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