Third world prospects in an Obama presidency Wednesday, September 17, 2008

By Steve Sharra The exclamatory commentary that has accompanied Barack Obamas ascendancy to the presumed nomination of the Democratic Partys presidential candidate has excited beneath it the question of what the nomination itself and a possible Obama presidency might mean for the PanAfricanist world as well as the Third World While mu ... Read more

In Desperate Search for the Centre of the World Saturday, August 30, 2008

By Primus TazanuRumours about Samuel Etoo moving from Barcelona to an unknown club in Uzbekistan sparked controversy last month It was unimaginable to think of a reputable football player leaving mighty Barcelona for an unknown club in an unknown country Suspicion arose as to whether Eto still has the abilities that qualify him to be ran ... Read more

France Vanishes from Africa Saturday, August 30, 2008

By Philippe LeymariePhilippe Leymarie Le Monde diplomatique France still has bases and troops in its former African colonies but their departure or downscaling has now been planned while the level of French economic aid to the continent is at an alltime low Just what are Sarkozys intentions towards the continentJeanMarie Bockel w ... Read more

Britain, Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Africa Saturday, August 30, 2008

By Herbert EkweEkwe DESPITE the unprecedented overdrive of its diplomatic pressure on African heads of regime during the recent African Union assembly in Egypt Britain failed abysmally to persuade the summit to condemn Zimbabwes June rigged elections For the Brown administration this failure was a disappointing anticlimax in a season of ... Read more

LEADERSHIP AND RECENT SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN AFRICA Saturday, August 30, 2008

By Dr Christopher Fomunyoh In the past two decades Africa has witnessed systemic shifts in statesociety relations as a result of what Samuel P Huntington described as the third wave of democratizationThe collapse of the Berlin wall in the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War transformed the international landscape ... Read more

Good Governance: Borrowing From the EU For AU Saturday, August 30, 2008

By Tunji AjibadeEurope often sets the pace That includes economics and politics Its continental union the EU didnt start out with the latter in the closing years of the sIt did with the former Economy of scale was a strong motive But it wasnt the only one A political union was left in the bag That time going it alone econom ... Read more

Barack Obama’s message of change as a wake up call For Africa Saturday, August 30, 2008

Presidential elections in the United States of America have always generated global excitement for obvious reasons The USA is the lone super power in the world and wields tremendous influence on the orientation and pace of global policies The excitement this year is like nothing ever witnessed before in history The world seems to have fallen und ... Read more

Kibaki and the Electoral Commission Rob Odinga of Victory Saturday, January 12, 2008

It was described as the closest elections in the political history of Kenya For weeks polls indicated defeat for incumbent President Mwai Kibaki at the hands of his former ally younger and more dynamic opponent Raila OdingaLeading a coalition dubbed the Orange Democratic Movement ODM Raila Odinga appeared set to complete what his father the l ... Read more

The Unstoppable March of Democracy In Africa Saturday, January 12, 2008

If it was a luxury as former French President Jacques Chirac of France was quoted as saying at the dawn of the s then it is one that Africans have developed an unquenchable taste for We are talking about democracy and its growth by leaps and bounds in Africa It may not be the panacea to the myriad of problems that the continent has conflicts ... Read more