Africa’s Rebirth At 60: Carrying Noble Ideas That Nobody Is Willing To Implement
To most academics, intellectuals, and pragmatists advocating for a genuine Pan-African renaissance six decades after the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, later renamed African Union in...
Somalia Threatens To Leave Regional Bloc As Row With Kenya Escalates
On November 29 last year, the Federal government of Somalia broke its diplomatic ties with Kenya, after accusing Nairobi of meddling with its internal and political affairs. This was...
Zimbabwe’s Vice President Resigns Over Sex Scandals
Harare, Zimbabwe — Embroiled in a litany of sex scandals accusations, Zimbabwe’s Vice President Kembo Mohadi on Monday this week resigned from his job.
Mohadi, aged 71, handed his resignation...
Tanzania Tightens Media, Rights Repressions Ahead Of Polls
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania authorities have tightened restrictions on the media, political opposition, and organizations working to promote human rights—ushering in a climate of fear ahead of the...
New White Paper Raises Alarm Over Tanzania’s Presidential Campaigns
Dar es Salaam, October 8 — Tanzania’s ruling party—Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the government have come under strong criticism for allegedly attacking citizens’ rights and processes necessary to...
Sudanese Parties Signed Agreement in Juba
Juba, August 17 — The Sudanese government together with Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North/Revolutionary Front signed the security arrangements protocol at the Pyramids Hotel in the capital of South Sudan—Juba.
The...
A Nation Left Stunned As Ghana’s Unprecedented Hung Parliament Begins On A Violent Note
On the morning Ghana’s new Parliament was set to be sworn in, there was unexpected rainfall amid the dry season across the country.
It would have been almost fitting for...
Nigeria Sees Rising Coronavirus Cases But Fears Of Underreporting Linger
Abuja, June 10 — The Nigerian government in late May adopted an unusual protocol for sending treated Coronavirus patients home. Instead of two consecutive negative tests recommended by the...
Tanzania’s Opposition Presidential Candidate Intimidated As Tension Rise Ahead Of Polls
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — The convoys of Tanzania’s opposition presidential candidate and his running mate were on different occasion subjected to a hail of teargas canisters and live...
Ghana’s Main Opposition Party Sounds Alarm To International Community Ahead Of Elections
An election cycle has once again put Ghana’s democratic credentials under the spotlight as the main opposition party has questioned the commitment of the electoral management body to ensuring...
Zimbabwe Government Pounded by Fresh Divisions
MARANDA, May 19 — 46-year old Livious Nhundugwa of Maranda township in Zimbabwe’s Mwenezi district and his one-time friend, 43-year old Taguta Chikondo, are now sworn enemies despite the...
Malawians Cast Fresh Votes Following ‘Unprecedented’ Court Decision
Lilongwe, June 23 — Hundreds of thousands of Malawians turned up in polling stations across the country to vote for the next president of the country after the country’s...
The Dot Nation
Several weeks back, Muhammadu Buhari in an Arise TV interview on the 11th of June, 2021, twenty-four hours before the commemoration of Democracy day, described an entire region in...
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The New Frontline: Youth Uprisings Across Africa Spark A Fight For Democracy And Dignity
Across the African continent, an unprecedented wave of youth-led uprisings is shaking the pillars of political regimes that have held power for decades. In...
Africa’s Coup Governments: When Elections Become An Exhausted Idea Confirming Democratic Fatigue
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Labour Party And The Future Of Radical Politics In Nigeria
Needless to say, the 2023 elections happened amid overwhelming disillusionment with the system and popular discontent with the major establishment political parties—the ruling All...
Political Instability, Intra-state Conflicts, And Threats To AfCFTA Agreement’s ‘Made In Africa’ Aspirations
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is arguably the African Union’s (AU) biggest project since the launch of the continent’s Agenda 2063 in...
How The Lagos State Government Demolished Houses Of Low-Income Earners In Mosafejo-Oworonshoki, Forced Over...
In a sudden turn of events, piles of wreckage became the only remnants of what used to be homes to over 7,000 people, women,...
Russia-Africa Relations: Africa’s Entanglement With Politics Of Patronage Without Liberation
There are intense political and intellectual debates unfolding in Africa. Since February 24 last year, when war broke out in Europe following Russia’s special...
Namibia Lithium Battle
On June 27, 2023, a judge of the High Court of Namibia, Ramon Maasdorp, ruled that the Southern African country’s Minister of Mines and...
Operation Dudula
There is no direct translation for the word Dudula in the English language, but the president of the organization that started off as a...
The Tragedy Of Namibia’s Working Poor
At the dawn of independence in 1990, a public servant working in an entry-level position for the state could afford to buy themselves a...
Economic Freedom In Our Lifetime
A packed FNB stadium with over one hundred thousand supporters demonstrated the mass appeal of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) amongst South African voters...
Organization Of African First Ladies For Development
The Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) launched the #WeAreEqual Campaign on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at a banquet ceremony held in...
EFF Confronts Racism In South African Schools
An incident involving a thirteen-year-old girl child at the Crowthorne Christian Academy in South Africa led to the schools' closure and the re-sparking of...
Africa’s Rebirth At 60: Carrying Noble Ideas That Nobody Is Willing To Implement
To most academics, intellectuals, and pragmatists advocating for a genuine Pan-African renaissance six decades after the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU,...
Tinubu’s Inauguration: End Of An Error, The Dawn Of Calamity
"I am confident that I am leaving office with Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015." President Buhari ended his farewell speech with this...
IMF And World Bank: The ‘Bad Samaritans’ And Neoliberals Cheating Africa Into A Cycle...
The Western liberal consensus has long been intervening and interfering in Africa. The first form of intervention was through the slave trade from the...