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
Kony 2012 Video, Sowing The Seeds From Which The Nightmare Was Born, And How We Got Here (Part 2)
I ran into Museveni on the late afternoon of, if I remember accurately, February 4, 1981. He was wearing a short sleeve beige shirt untucked, and khaki trousers, and ambling along in his trademark wobbly walk. He had pistol in a holster to his right side, and another one stuck into his belt to the […]
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