Ghana’s President John Atta Mills, died on Tuesday aged 68. If the gods of democracy exist somewhere out there, then they are sending very mixed signals to African democrats. There is now a nearly-established fact of African politics. The strongmen and dictators not only rule longer (naturally), they also seem to live longer than the […]
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‘Comrade’ Mugabe Has Worked Out A Clever Plan For His Funeral
Zimbabwe’s president Comrade Robert suffered much political heartbreak in 2011, and spent most of the year in mourning. Many times Mugabe came across like he had finally flipped. Wrong. The man has been working on a grand plan. When Laurent Gbagbo lost elections to Allassane Outtara in Ivory Coast last year and refused to hand […]
