Elections

Zimbabwe August polls marred by delimitations flaws

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has started the ball rolling for the 2023 general election that will be held in...

Episode #13: The place of youth and women in Nigeria politics

For the first time since the return of democracy in Nigeria, there is excitement among young voters regarding Saturday’s...

Episode #12: Framing Democracy – How the media is covering Nigeria poll

The media plays a pivotal role in preserving and protecting democracy. As Nigerians go to the poll to elect...

Nigeria Decides: Views from the Diaspora

Tomorrow, Saturday 25th February 2023, Nigerians go to the polls in an election that has been described as the...

Kenya’s Raila Odinga makes fresh election rigging claims against President William Ruto

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed not to recognize William Ruto as president following fresh election rigging claims...

A divided electoral commission: Who was really fighting to save Kenya’s democracy in the August 2022 elections?

Today, three IEBC commissioners retire after quite an interesting journey running Kenya’s election agency. Their retirement brings back to...

What next for Ramaphosa after narrow win at ANC congress

President Cyril Ramaphosa is walking wounded after the African National Congress leader (ANC) secured a narrow victory in the...

Why Mnangagwa’s USD 40,000 house loan for Zimbabwe MPs was a bribe

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his last act of the 2022 financial year bribed MPs with US$40, 000 in...

2022 Review: The Ghana perspective with a dash of Nigeria ft Immanuel Obeng’- Akrofi

In this episode, I speak to Ghanaian political scientist and Africa Blogging author Immanuel Obeng-Akrofi about the worrying economic...

South Africa & Zimbabwe liberation parties: reinvent or die

Early December, the oldest political party in Africa, the ANC will be holding its 55th elective congress in Johannesburg,...

The 2 tribe nation: Has Kenya passed up a chance at levelling the playing field and avoiding a political implosion?

Since the 29th December 1992 general election, following the reintroduction of multiparty democracy, Kenya has been caught in a five-year...

Supreme Decision: William Ruto Election Upheld

William Ruto will be sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president on 13th September 2022. This is after the Supreme...

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