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Record 17 Presidential Elections In Africa In 2011, 78% Of Them Disputed: Are...
There were a record 17 presidential elections in Africa in 2011. There were face-offs in Benin, Bourkina Faso, Central African Republic, Uganda, Zambia, DR Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles,...
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Social Media, The ‘Leapfrog Effect’, Cappuccino Democrats, And Anti-Politics...
Image by pocius via Flickr The other day on Al Jazeera’d THE STREAM programme, a Nigerian activist said that social media had played a big role in the on-going protests against the removal of subsidies...
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Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi Smile Like Siamese Cats At London Somalia...
•Kenya has trained and armed 4,500 Ras Kamboni fighters – while Al Shabaab has about 3,500 fighters left. •With ‘victory’ in Somalia near, the British have eased pressure on President Museveni to...
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‘Democracy’ Is Dying Or Dead In Africa; The Continent Is Being Torn Apart –...
Tuareg peasant. (Wikipedia) Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali have taken advantage of the confusion in the capital Bamako following the recent coup against President Amadou Toumani Toure, to gain more...
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Disease, The Clock, The Gods, Greed And Stupidity Have Helped To Change...
When dictator Mobutu succumbed to prostate cancer, it was the first time anyone would have anything good to say about the dreaded disease – and also the first time the cancer showed any revolutionary...
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Why America’s Kim, Not Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala Deserved To ‘Eat’ The World...
The countries that want a place at the World Bank High Table where the pie is being sliced should pay for it…and back in Africa, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, ex-wife of South Africa president Jacob Zuma...
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Like Others Before Him, Meles Failed To See That There’s A Smarter Way To Be...
Thousands turned up for Zenawi’s funeral in Addis Ababa – and also thousands celebrated his demise. On September 2, 2012, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was buried in the capital Addis Ababa....
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OCTOBER MADNESS: Can Stolen Elections In Africa Ever Be Better Than Clean...
One of the things that most undermines African democracy is election theft. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (L) failed to pull off a clinical electoral swindle, and after months of stalemate, had to...
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RANDOM THOUGHTS: Queer Haters, Women’s High Heels, And The Turkana Girls Who...
Bones: Gays are good for heterosexuals because they reduce competition for mates ONE of my favourite TV characters is forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) from the...
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