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ISSUE TWO | SEPT/OCT
NEWS BEATS HOPE IN DISTRESS
Tragedy befell many parts of the world in August.
In a very short timeframe there were several public
mass shootings in the US, a tragic suicide bombiing
at a wedding in Kabul, vicious attacks by hacking in
Mombasa, to name but a few. One immediate result
of the attacks was fear. It seems a calculated move by
darkness to rob the earth of joy, peace, hope, gladness
and even the sense of community. There is indeed a
distressing spirit sent abroad to discourage, dishearten
and divide (see: www.saphire338.org/2019/03/20/
wakanda-the-wicked-spirit-of-the-third-world-war/). The
idea is to create a sense of hopelessness, helplessness,
despair and panic resulting in poorly thought out knee-
jerk resonses to the problems. However, it pays to
remember that ‘when the enemy comes in like a flood,
the Spirit of God will raise up a standard against him’.
We must remember, we have One Who loves us dearly,
Who is watching over His Word to perform it. Do not lose
hope, but rather take courage from and find strength in
the Holy God. Let hope rise in the world like the rising of
JUST A DOUBLE WIN OR A LIBERATION STORY? the morning sun. Amen.
The month of April 2019, brought with it sweeping changes in
North Africa. 20 years of rulership by Algeria’s Abdulaziz Bouteflika
(2 decades) came to an end at the hands of frustrated and tired
people. It took the courage and commitment of the people to face
down giants in the land at great personal risk, and pull them down.
Later in July 19, 2019, Algeria was crowned Africa Cup of Nations
champion for only the second time in its history, after winning
Senegal in a 1-0 match.

We do not think these wins are coincidental at all for this North
African nation, having gone through years of dictatorship in the
political arena and also having not won the African Cup of Nations
for 29 years. It’s a beautiful thing to see such beautiful wins coming
out of this nation. Clearly, God is up to something amazing in Afrika,
Algeria is clearly a sign of that spirit of liberation that is sweeping
through our beloved Afrika.

KENYA’S WIND POWER

On Friday 19th July, 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta officially inaugurated the 310MW Lake Turkana Wind Power project.
The joint ceremony for the inauguration of the wind farm and the commissioning of the 438km Loiyangalani-Suswa
transmission line which connects the wind farm to the national grid was held at the wind farm site in Loiyangalani
Sub-County, Marsabit County. During his speech at the launch, the president lauded the wind farm, a first in the region
in terms of production capacity and investment saying, “Today, we again raise the bar for the continent as we unveil
Africa’s single largest wind farm, the Lake Turkana Wind Power project”. We at Msingi Afrika Magazine believe that
Afrika is in serious need of true change which comes by the move of the Spirit or Wind of God over our land. We deeply
appreciate this new power creation, but are we ready and open for the coming move of the Wind of God that will cause
a lasting change in our land?
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