On November 7, in the Playfair Library of the University of Edinburgh – Scotland, the Centre of African Studies at the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh hosted a crowd of Tanzanians and friends of Tanzania in commemoration of Mwalimu Nyerere’s centenary.

We should reach a point where dangerous driving will no longer be solved ‘as usual’ by the roadside. More stringent measures can be put in place and maintained.

Dutiful, diligent, dignified and genuine labour among the members of a society is a thing of pride which reflects in several societal philosophies.

It a reasoned opinion that the world youth day should be the culmination of the effort invested throughout the year. This should also reflect in the respective jurisdictions, not mere paperwork, or stupendously written media fliers; but evidence of genuine tasks undertaken to help the society grow, and or to solve the problems that have persisted.

The first question we need to delve into is the nature of the problematic situation. Why do we use arms to resolve conflicts? Can we realistically end wars and silence the guns by 2020 as the AU’s Agenda 2063 looks forward to? Objectively, the reality of peace in the world today, which is indeed commonplace in literature, is still far from completion to a considerably great extent.