politics

How seriously are African countries taking their pledges toward the Paris Agreement on climate change? Climate change and hydro-political interactions in Africa by Payce Madden, brookings.edu This week, diverse stakeholders from the public and private sectors are gathering in Accra for Africa...

Using propaganda and army backed violence Nigeria's ruling party claimed self awarded victory in the 2019 presidential election. A robust opposition PDP has since repudiated the sham and nonsense Election rigging by Nigeria's ruling APC ends in self awarded victory by...

A surge of rabid religious and political persecution of perceived differences has assumed the new world order for Africa's failed leaders across the continent. Are anti-gay witch hunts really protecting 'African values'? Homophobia, not homosexuality, is a western import to Africa by...

Ex-president's son remanded on corruption charge AFP News Agency The son of Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has been remanded in custody in a $1.5bn corruption case, a state prosecutor said. "Given the complexity and seriousness of the deeds and...

Bobi Wine and the beginning of the end of Museveni's power by Rosebell Kagumire AL JAZEERA After close to two weeks of tensions in Uganda, a court in the northern town of Gulu granted bail to four opposition legislators including MP Robert...

by Tafi Mhaka   On August 1, following the announcement of the parliamentary election results in Zimbabwe, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa's ZANU-PF winning a clear majority, opposition MDC Alliance supporters held a demonstration in and around Harare's central business district, claiming...

South Sudan rivals agree to 'permanent' ceasefire AL JAZEERA South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar have agreed to a "permanent" ceasefire to take effect within 72 hours, raising hopes of a peace deal to end their country's...

Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza says he will step down in 2020 by Evrard Ngendakumana/ Reuters] Burundi's long-serving President Pierre Nkurunziza announced on Thursday that he would not run for another term, easing fears of new violence in the impoverished country after a...

It doesn’t matter who gets elected as president and what they say on the election trail; the policies on the issues that matter remain the same after the inauguration. What the last eight months have proven, to anyone who still had any doubts, is that the US is not a "democracy"