Vote rigging, buying, and selling are the price we pay for democracy in Africa. Like all investments, if you put in money long enough and are able to withstand the ill winds, it pays off. Right now, if an African election is fair, it is a bonus we must take and quickly bank. Otherwise, the more […]
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Malawi’s President Mutharika Dead; Was He Hero Or Villain, And What Did His Re-Election In 2009 Tell Us About Democracy In Africa?
April 6, 2012 5 Comments Short URL Africa, Bingu wa Mutharika, buying elections, democracy in Africa, election fraud, Joyce Banda, Kenya, Lilongwe, Malawi, Mutharika, Peter Mutharika, Tanzania, Uganda Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Political Barometre
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
