You can beat and kill civilians or put them in jail, but justice will prevail, writes a reader from Ethiopia.

Oloo Otieno is inspired by Njonjo Mue’s 'mind provoking writings' to ‘do what is permitted in the realm of law to stop these thieving, overbearing and old despots’.

‘Living in harmony as a nation does not have to be through love for one another, but out of respect for the contract we have signed to define ourselves as Kenyans’, writes Caspar

The absence of rabid nationalism amongst our Kenyan brothers and sisters may be a virtue under certain conditions, says Naigzy Gebremedhin. But if the country is to avoid descending towards civil war, more Kenyans need to assume a nationalistic rather than a tribalistic posture. Njonjo's essay will surely nurture that process and should be required reading.

Awori challenges the African intelligentsia and civil society to establish an ‘African citizens’ commission on peace and stability in the Congo’ through the African Union. If we resolve the crisis in the Congo says Awori, sub-Saharan Africa could become the engine of the world by 2030.

Private Citizen is surprised by ANC and Cuban claims of victory in the Cuito Cuanavale battles, when his own family and friends involved in the fighting talk privately of the horror of seeing the ‘decimation of whole Cuban and Fapla divisions, vehicles abandoned in terror, so quickly that the engines were left still running’.

And finally Amon, a Pan-Africanist from Uganda, speaks of his support for black liberation activist, Assata Shakur.