The United States should push for a genuine democratic transition in Zimbabwe
Michelle Gavin, formerly President Barack Obama’s senior Africa director at the National Security Council and U.S. ambassador to Botswana, is senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Todd Moss, formerly deputy assistant secretary of state for Africa, is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. Alexander Noyes is a senior associate at […]
Four Famously Rigged Elections
Democracy is totally rad and everything, but sometimes it just gets in the way of total power. That's when the folks in charge decided to rig an election. What follows are four of the most bizarre and blatantly rigged elections in history. 1. François Duvalier, President of Haiti To be fair to Duvalier (if we're […]
Kabila’s Government Rejects Thabo Mbeki As Special Envoy to DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of former President Thabo Mbeki as South Africa’s Special Envoy to that country. 3 Mbeki’s appointment was confirmed by Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko at the weekend, after the summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Windhoek. At first Kabila’s government […]
President Museveni has taken to social media to justify the detention of opposition politicians and their backers
Live rounds and tear gas have been fired sporadically in Uganda’s capital Kampala and other areas as military units and anti-riot police try to disperse demonstrations. Protesters are unhappy about the arrests and alleged beatings of detained opposition legislators critical of President Yoweri Museveni. Video footage showed demonstrators setting bonfires and barricades on Kampala’s streets […]
US ZIDERA sanctions on Zimbabwe: truths, history, and lies
A new regime of US sanctions has just been signed into law, opening a fresh front in the increasingly polarised political debate in Zimbabwe. Critics say they hurt the economy, while supporters say the measures are justified due to Zimbabwe’s human rights violations and its failure to deliver an uncontested poll. In this special report, […]
Journalism in a time of State Capture
Guptas, tick. Zuma, tick. Now keep going. This pretty much sums up the mission for the South African media now that the #GuptaLeaks have been dealt with. A panel of senior editors and media specialists reflected on the state of journalism and the what-next factor during a panel discussion at 10xDM Media Gathering in Cape […]
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dead at 80
Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan has died at age 80, his foundation confirmed Saturday. Annan, who was born in Ghana in 1938, served as the seventh UN Secretary-General, from 1997 to 2006, and was the first to rise from within the ranks of the United Nations staff. He had been […]
Zim’s President-Elect Mnangagwa Opposing Papers Election ConCourt Challenge
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African Expertise Key to Stopping Ebola – Then and Now
An Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is once again straining Africa’s medical resources. Prospects for progress are due in large part to lessons learned from the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa, which caught global health officials off guard and killed 11,000 people. One lesson that became clear was […]
Parastatal reform crucial in a new Zimbabwe
HARARE – Among the plethora of problems that will face the new government when it is sworn in and starts work, is the urgent issue of reform of the 105 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) that are currently managed by line ministries on behalf of taxpayers who are the owners or shareholders. Few other issues will demand […]
