Africa Blogging

Institutional Memory and Cyclic Cashew Crises in Tanzania 0

It is nearly ‘half a year’ since I penned some suggestions on Resolving the Cyclic Cashew Crisis in Tanzania. The proposed solution of uprooting the root cause seemed impractical. Readers were left wondering ‘what’ – and even ‘who’ – is the root cause. As the crisis continues, I ought to clarify that the root cause is both

Malawi Electoral Commission Needs to Rethink its Position on Official Broadcaster 0

I read with interest a comment by Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) Chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah, that MEC is not going to have an official broadcast for the 2019 elections, as it was the case during the 2014 elections. Ansah was quoted by The Daily Times of Monday February 18, 2019 saying the decision has been arrived at

Why Disarmament Cannot Solve Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis 0

Over two years after it began, the anglophone crisis continues to rage in the Northwestern and Southwestern regions of Cameroon. Worse yet, the crisis has transformed into an armed conflict that has already taken many lives, whether it be on the side of the secessionists or in the army, or even in the civil society

Mnangagwa’s Deceptive Road to Armageddon 0
- Democracy, Development, Politics, Zimbabwe
- 27.02.2019.
Zimbabwe’s quest for a new path under the auspices of the new dispensation and reengagement by Mnangagwa has vapoured into thin air faster than anyone could have imagined as the country is back again under the international spotlight. The November 2017 Euphoria has fast fizzled to Armageddonian despair. Mnangagwa’s reckless and divisive utterances during the
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Ending FGM: Lessons from Uganda and Kenya 0
- Human Rights, Kenya, Uganda, Women Empowerment, Women Rights
- 25.02.2019.
On February 6, Uganda and Kenya joined the rest of the world to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. The day came amidst a surge in FGM incidents in Kween district – one of the hotspots in Uganda – where at least 100 girls and women were mutilated. The two continue to
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Togo: Resisting Faure Gnassingbé’s 4th Term and the Need for Opposition Alliance to Stay Focused 0
- Politics, Togo
- 22.02.2019.
The situation Everything started on the evening of August 19th with its architect, Tikpi Atchadam. He beat the odds and successfully organised street demonstrations in multiple regions of the country and simultaneously within Togo’s diaspora. The population, which has been fighting for decades, has gained new life thanks to its party, the “Parti National Panafricain”
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