The scenes from Washington on Wednesday (6th January 2020), where the process confirming Biden’s status as President-Elect was disrupted by protesters invading the Capitol, made for sad viewing. As do many of the responses to it, immediately as well as nearly a day later. I say this not only...
Ugandans are going to the polls today (Thursday, 14th January 2021) to decide whether 76-year-old Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who has led the landlocked East African country since a January coup in 1986 will get another five years in office, or if the newcomer firebrand 38-year-old opposition politician Robert Kyangulani...
By John Riaga Article 43 (C) of the Kenyan constitution guarantees every citizen the freedom from hunger and a right to adequate and acceptable quality food. As a part of the Bill of Rights, this is, therefore, a constitutional right just as is the right to shelter, freedom of...
To make my biases clear at the outset, I’ve been appalled at how Donald Trump has been fomenting racism,...
By Joan Atuhaire On 14th January 2021, Ugandans will go to the polls to elect a president to lead...
The proliferation of smartphone devices has led to more meaningful access to the internet as more Ugandans are using...
THE environment was tense and politically charged as Zambia’s capital, Lusaka came to a standstill on Wednesday 23rd December...
Liberalism has always meant different things to different people. I tried to describe what its fundamental principles are, for...
By Ebenezer Immanuel Obeng-Akrofi Across a continent wrought with several instances of violent elections, the West African nation of...
Uganda’s campaign season for the elections slated for 14th January 2020. In this episode, I focus on the harassment...
Zimbabwe’s leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as president on the 24th November 2017 to replace president Robert Mugabe...
The political stalemate in the United States challenges many of the commonly held notions about democracy in the nuclear-armed,...
Since COVID-19 was first reported in Africa in early March 2020, the virus has continued to disrupt lives across the continent. Even with hopes of a vaccine gaining traction, more than 1.5 million cases and over 35,000 deaths have been reported, healthcare services remain exposed, education has almost ground to a halt and economies are struggling. Africa Blogging contributors from across the continent have analysed how different countries are responding to the pandemic.
Go to topicThe proliferation of smartphone devices has led to more meaningful access to the internet as more Ugandans are using the internet to politically organise, speak truth to power. In this episode, we chat with Songa Stone about the role social media is playing in the 2021 upcoming general elections...
Uganda’s campaign season for the elections slated for 14th January 2020. In this episode, I focus on the harassment meted against opposition politicians by the state as they conduct their campaigns. There are 10 candidates seeking to replace President Yoweri Museveni who is running for a sixth term in...
Tanzania is just coming from a shambolic electioneering period characterized by harassment and intimidation of opposition politicians, stifling of media freedoms and allegations of vote-rigging. Across the border in Uganda, the process has just begun, and we are already witnessing the government of the day using police and military...