The Mo- Ibrahim Foundation’s annual Index was released this week, ranking African countries on the basis of good governance. The Index evaluates 53 African countries (prior to the South Sudan’s secession from Sudan) on four counts: Safety and Rule of Law; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Activity; and Human Development. The ratings are scored [...]
The election of Michael Sata as President of Zambia at his fourth attempt shows the power of perseverance but also the continuing development of the political system in the country. The new man in State House has been a fierce and uncompromising critic of the Movement for Multi party Democracy (MMD) ever since he split from the [...]
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It’s very unusual, unless a virtual state of war exists, for a senior member of one country’s ruling party to say openly that he will work with the opposition parties of a neighbouring country to bring down its elected government. That’s precisely what Julius Malema, head of the ANC Youth League, did at the end of [...]
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International Crisis Group (ICG) has stated that ‘Amid today’s understandable euphoria, the magnitude of tomorrow’s challenge ought not to be underestimated.’ Libya has seen a new dawn, but what they do next is what will ensure that extends into a bright future. Back in February, New Africa Analysis called for a smart intervention, in order [...]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Perhaps not since way back in ‘97, when South African investigative journalists for the renowned TV series ‘Carte Blanche’ exposed illegal canned lion hunting, has there been such a scandal involving the country’s wildlife. Recently, there have been a number of headlines detailing alarming poaching statistics and the increase in the poaching of rhinos despite [...]
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The independence of South Sudan last month should be tempered by the huge development task facing the new nation and its unresolved relationship with the north government, writes Desmond Davies The euphoria and pomp and pageantry that heralded an independent Republic of South Sudan on July 9 are over. In splitting from Sudan in the [...]
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Spring, it seems, is late in London. And it is a violent and horrifying one. Unlike the Arab spring in Egypt, Libya and Syria, it has not united citizens in anger against oppression and corruption but divided Britain and is suggestive of more division, violence and bitterness to come rather than a hoped for flowering [...]
Written on August 11, 2011 | Posted in
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Lydia Scott in Freetown, on how a former head of state, who has been abandoned by successive governments, is coping with hard times. Valentine Esegragbo Melvine Strasser was the world’s youngest head of state when, at just 25, he and his military colleagues usurped power in Sierra Leone in 1992. Yet, since he lost power [...]
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On Saturday 9 July 2011, the Republic of South Sudan became the 193rd sovereign state. With the establishment of any new country there are ultimately legal consequences that need to be addressed. Last January 98.83 per cent of the people of Southern Sudan voted for independence from the North in a national referendum. This resulted [...]
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While the judges of the Sierra Leone Special Court presently sit in The Hague to ponder the fate of Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia, for his role in the ‘blood diamond war’ of Sierra Leone, a book has just been published in London which recounts more of the background to one of Africa’s [...]
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