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Bobi Wine Arrest Unites Ugandans in Quest for Justice0
Photo Credit : Nicolas Bamulenzaki Uganda has been through a rough couple of weeks. Violence erupted on August 11 2018 in a by election in Arua, which is in the north western part of the country. It is also the day, I got a motorbike accident. I remember being in hospital getting stitched
READ MOREMnangagwa’s ‘2nd Republic’ and the Pursuance of Neoliberal Economics0
The confirmation of Emmerson Mnangagwa by Zimbabwe’s highest court as president sealed the dispute on Zimbabwe’s future leader to carry the hopes of a nation yearning for a new trajectory. The disputed election resulted in the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa filing a constitutional court application challenging the credibility of the election results. The case
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When a picture is worth a thousand words: Xi Jinping meets ‘Africa’0
- Africa, Development
- 05.09.2018.
A picture is worth a thousand words, is the phraseology popularised in 1927, by advertising executive Fred R. Barnard. He coined the phrase, to refer to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image or that an image of a subject conveys its meaning or essence more effectively
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Goodbye Kabila0
- Democracy, Development, DRC - Kinshasa, Elections
- 25.08.2018.
This is something that the Congolese would never have imagined a month or two ago : President Kabila leaving SADC. President Kabila said goodbye to his SADC heads of state counterparts last weekend in Windhoek, Namibia. We breathed a sigh of relief in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he finally committed to leave after the
READ MORESuspension of University of Zimbabwe’s VC Revive Calls for Academic Freedom and Prudence0
- Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Expression, Zimbabwe
- 20.08.2018.
University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor, Professor Levi Nyagura was recently suspended from office by President Mnangagwa. According to a press statement issued by the minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Amon Murwira, the suspension is pending the finalisation of criminal charges laid against Nyagura. These charges relate to allegations of
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Zambia’s Treatment of Foreign Opposition Leaders Raise Eyebrows0
Recently Zambia deported a leading Zimbabwean opposition figure, Mr Tendai Biti while attempting to enter the country to seek political asylum. The opposition figure was handed back to Zimbabwean authorities despite having successfully obtained a court order restraining Zambian authorities from doing so. The decision to hand over a man who claimed that his life
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Did the Spanking in School Make Us better Ugandan Citizens?0
I recently run a poll on Twitter, my question was, “were you beaten at school?” Only 92% of the 73 people that responded had been beaten at school for all sorts of reason, they shared their experiences; Evelyn tweeted; In my school, kids were beaten for: *Failed to attain a certain grade *Questioned the teacher
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Having Friends in Power0
- Democracy, Freedom of Expression, Politics, Tanzania
- 13.08.2018.
Why aren’t you writing about it, a former colleague asked. She/He was referring to my practice of analyzing political appointments in Tanzania. In this case, it was in reference to her/his appointment. Her/His appointment, like those of a couple of my other colleagues, has left me contemplating about what does it mean to have friends in echelons of
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Are African Elections Only Free and Fair When The Opposition Wins?0
This is a question I found myself asking after Zimbabwe’s opposition – MDC Alliance vowed to challenge the results of the July 30 elections in court after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) declared that President Emmerson Mnagagwa was dully elected president after winning more that 50 percent of the votes cast. The opposition camp had
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