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, Liberia, Nigeria, Niger, Madagascar, The Gambia, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Chad, Cameroon, Cape Verde. Except in Zambia (where the volatile but intriguing Opposition leader Michael Sata defeated president […]
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Zambia’s President Sata: A Populist ‘Clown’ With Interesting Off-the-Wall Ideas
In September, Michael Sata became one of the very few African opposition leaders to win an election, when he beat incumbent Ruphia Banda to take the Zambian president. Immediately, he set on a course that has drawn accusations that he is reckless, a populist, even a “clown”. Going by his outbursts and erratic behaviour, some […]
