Politics
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Mugabe is a symbol of what African leaders really want: Immortality – By Patience Akumu
It is easy to dismiss the stalwart, albeit slumping, figure of 90-year-old Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, as a reminder of all that has gone ... -
Nigeria Forum: Don’t Forget the Governors – By Joachim MacEbong
The presidential election which, despite the much-discussed postponement, we will assume is taking place in a few weeks’ time understandably dominates the local and ... -
Ongwen and the ICC: talking justice in Uganda – By Lucy Hovil
The relationship between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and African civil society is certainly an interesting one. On the one hand, the proliferation of ... -
Elections 2015: Sudan’s opposition makes the wrong choice, again – By Muhammad Osman
On February 4, 2015 the mainstream opposition coalition in Sudan, the National Consensus Forces (NCF), launched a campaign for what it called the “effective ... -
Africa Cup of Nations 2015: the show must go on – By Taimour Lay
Bata, Equatorial Guinea – The continent’s showpiece football tournament, which ended with Ivory Coast taking the trophy on Sunday night after a penalty shoot-out ... -
Elections postponed. Nigeria on the brink – again. – By Richard Dowden
Suddenly North-East Nigeria has become important to President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. It has provided an excuse to postpone the elections from February 14th to ... -
Nigeria Forum: In the event of a Buhari win – By Tolu Ogunlesi
In one yet-to-be-released poll, the two leading contenders in Nigeria’s February 14 presidential elections – Mohammadu Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan – are “running neck-to-neck.” ... -
No Peace, No Justice: How the African Union is failing South Sudan – By David K. Deng
On the evening of 29 January, African heads of state gathered in Addis Ababa for a meeting of the African Union Peace and Security ... -
Nigeria Forum: IDPs, Boko Haram and elections likely to be settled by the courts – By Idayat Hassan
It is no longer news that Nigeria is heading, with breakneck speed towards elections on Feb 14 and 28. Beyond the familiar issues of ... -
Zambia elections: the Lungu succession and rise of the UPND – By Nicole Beardsworth
On the evening of 24 January the streets of Lusaka erupted with celebrations as Zambia’s 6th president was announced following a heated race between two ...
