One of the things that most undermines African democracy is election theft. If you look at many bouts of violence and guerilla wars in several countries in Africa – from Yoweri Museveni’s war that started in February 1981, the Algeria civil war that began in 1992 after the military-dominated government cancelled elections set to be […]
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OCTOBER MADNESS: Can Stolen Elections In Africa Ever Be Better Than Clean Unpredictable Polls? Yes And No
October 23, 2012 0 Comments Short URL African democracy, Algeria civil war, and pulling down transmitters, Angola, armed soldiers, armoured cars, Barack Obama, Cameroon, cancelled elections, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, election theft, Ethiopia, guerilla war, high risk, insanely shameless, Ivory Coast, Kenya post-election violence, Kizza Besigye, Military Police, Mitt Romney, Nigeria, power hungry, shutting down websites, state machinery, tanks, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Togo, Uganda, uncertainty, violence, Yoweri Museveni, Zimbabwe Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Politically Incorrect, Rogue Stuff
Why America’s Kim, Not Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala Deserved To ‘Eat’ The World Bank Job, And Dlamini-Zuma Should Be The African Union’s Next CEO
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 deserves to be the next African Union boss. She survived marriage to the philandering and polygamous Zuma, she should find being AU […]
April 17, 2012 11 Comments Short URL Addis Ababa, African Union, Algeria, AU Peace & Security Department, Chinese, contributes $9.9 Million to the World Bank which is 0.14 %, ECOMOG, ECOWAS, Egypt, Finance MinisterNgozi Okonjo-Iweala, Gabon, Guinea Bissau coup, internationalist heart, Jacob Zuma, Jim Yong Kim, Korean-American, Libya, military rule, moral hazard, Muammar Gaddafi, new AU headquarters, Nigeria, Nigeria population is 160 million, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ping, president Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, US contributes $1.51 Billion of the World Bank which is 22%, vote-stealing governments, World Bank Diplomatic Shenanigans, Politically Incorrect
Disease, The Clock, The Gods, Greed And Stupidity Have Helped To Change Africa As Much As Democrats, Generals (The Sequel)
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 potential In “Democracy Is Dying Or Dead In Africa; The Continent Is Being Torn Apart – Yet That’s One Of The […]
April 2, 2012 16 Comments Short URL Abdulsalami Abubakar, Africa, Angola, “the hand of God”, Democratic Republic of Congo Mobutu Sese Seko, Diego Maradona, Durban, Egypt, Ethiopia, General Abdulsalami-Abubakar, Gnassingbe Eyadema, Hosni Mubarak, Kamuzu Banda, Lilongwe, Malawi, Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Muammar Gaddafi, Ngbendu Kuku wa Zabanga, Ngwanzi, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Rwanda, Rwanda-backed rebels, Sani Abacha, Southern Africa World Economic Forum 2000, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Fast & Furious, Politically Incorrect, Rogue Stuff
Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi Smile Like Siamese Cats At London Somalia Meet; But What The Hell Is Going On In Kismayu?
•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 behave at home. •Ethiopia needed a trophy ahead of the London conference; it captured Baidoa. •Burundi’s Nkurunziza was feeling so good, he didn’t […]
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Social Media, The ‘Leapfrog Effect’, Cappuccino Democrats, And Anti-Politics In Our Side Of The World
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 that have sharply increased fuel prices at the pumps in the oil-producing country. He said the Nigeria government was caught by surprise when the protests […]
January 11, 2012 3 Comments Short URL Africa, Al Jazeera, and give chunks of it to a dodgy Lugazi sugarcane firm, anti-hierarchical technology, Cappuccino democrats, Egypt, Facebook, isolation problem, Kenya, Kenyan politician, leapfrog effect, Mabira Forest, Martha Karua, Middle East, Nigeria, Nigerian activist, North Africa, old Africa, old-boy networks, social media, social media anti-system, south of the Sahara desert, THE STREAM, Tunisia, youthful uprisings in Africa, YouTube Aliens & Stars, Things Tech
