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A Leopard Never Changes Its Spots.
The gunshots started raining down the streets of Harare on 14th November, 2017, and by the 21st, Emmerson Mnangagwa, the then former Vice President and former trench mate of [Read more]
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When Interest on Debt Grows Without Rain, Borrowers Become Slaves to The Lender
It is no secret that Africa is set to become the next global battle ground for western commercial interests. Many people have translated this new economic genre that is about [Read more]
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The Scramble for Africa: Part 2
When a “few good men” sat around a big round oak table in Berlin, to carve out Africa and its destiny in 1884-1885, many historians would have thought that this [Read more]
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Did President George Weah Score an Own Goal….with the wrong back pass?
Former Arsenal football manager Arsène Wenger was the guest of honour in Liberia last week; at the invitation of President George Weah. Liberia’s President George Weah lavishly praised former Arsenal [Read more]
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President Bio Receives Ovation At ECOWAS Summit
Lomé, Togo, Tuesday, 31st July 2018 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio received ovation at the opening ceremony of the 53rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of [Read more]
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Do Presidential Term Limits Work In Africa?
Democracy has been seen as the only salvation to the world’s political problems. Saddled with this notion is the prescription that term time limits are vital to ensure that democracy [Read more]
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Is Zimbabwe’s Constitution, all Sail and no Anchor?
When the world heard that the army in Zimbabwe had held the relic and monument of Zimbabwean politics Robert Mugabe, there was a noticeable and palpable sigh of relief. This [Read more]
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Those Who Make Peaceful Revolution Impossible, Will Make Violent Revolution Inevitable
Many would see the seeming “revolution” that is unfolding right before our eyes in Zimbabwe as long overdue. But there can be no running away from the fact that Mugabe [Read more]
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US Court finds Liberian Rebel Commander “Jungle Jabbah” Guilty of Crimes Linked to Atrocities in Liberia’s First Civil War
Press Release – For Immediate Release 18 October 2017 PHILADELPHIA – On 18 October 2017 a jury of 12 in a U.S. Federal Courthouse found former Liberian rebel commander Mohammed [Read more]
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Former Liberian War Lord, Jungle Jabbah, Faces Trial in USA
Trial of Pennsylvania Resident and Alleged Liberian War Criminal Jabbateh “Jungle Jabbah” Set to Begin in Philadelphia October 2, 2017 Victims and Witnesses of War Crimes Who Seek Justice [Read more]
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Kenyan Elections; Ruled Off For Offside
Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga, and three of his colleagues, have created history by annulling the August presidential election. It is unprecedented in Africa for an opposition court challenge against [Read more]
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Gambia Has Decided: But……….
The euphoria that coursed through the veins of the Gambian people, following the delayed but eventual departure of former President Yahyah Jammeh is a well-earned respite for many in the [Read more]
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AfDB Takes Agricultural Transformation Discourse to India, Cradle of Green Revolution
February 28, 2017 – Agriculture, agri-business and agro-industries will dominate the knowledge events of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank Group scheduled to take place from May [Read more]
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What the Rest of Africa Can Learn From The Gambia’s Transition to Democracy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The tensions that followed the historic electoral defeat of Gambia strongman President Yahya Jammeh has been a litmus test for democracy in Africa beyond the tiny West African nation. [Read more]
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IAEA Helps Burkina Faso Scale Up Fight Against Tsetse Flies
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso today inaugurated the largest insect rearing facility in West Africa to apply a nuclear technique to suppress the tsetse fly, an insect harmful to [Read more]