Tag Archive: Politics

Kenya’s Proposed Constitutional Amendments to Mitigate Electoral Violence

Kenya has embarked on yet another attempt to make changes to its nine-year-old constitution. This attempt comes three months after a failed attempt by...

Gun Culture Engulfs Zambian Politics

The political temperature is rising as Zambia nears the 2021 general elections. The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the main opposition party United Party...

Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?

The November 2017 military coup which forced tyrant Robert Mugabe from power is still haunting Zimbabwe, almost 18 months down the line. The remnants...

Public Assemblies: Why the “tomato seller” argument is flawed

In theory and principle, the right to freedom of assembly is straightforward. People are free to peacefully assemble and to petition. The role of...

Election Thoughts: South Africa, 8 May 2019

Along with many of you on the 8th May, I made a difficult decision regarding which party to vote for in South Africa’s National...

Zambian Government Closes Independent Media Critical of the Ruling Party

Zambian authorities have continued to use state institutions to muzzle the independent press. The crackdown seems to always heighten around election periods. The latest...

Mnangagwa’s ‘2nd Republic’ and the Pursuance of Neoliberal Economics

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...

Having Friends in Power

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...

Age Isn’t a Problem, Malawi Needs to Move Away from Personality Politics

Malawi appears to be living in a never-ending electoral cycle. The local politics is always about the next elections, as much as it is...

Kabila’s opponent Moses Katumbi prevented from returning to DRC

In the DRC, only members and relatives of the regime can move freely in the country. They enter and leave the country without problem....

Joyce Banda’s Return and the Unstable Nature of Malawi Politics

After almost four years away, former president Joyce Banda finally returned to Malawi on 28 April 2018, stepping on home soil for the first...

DR Congo: An Electoral Commission under Kabila’s orders

There are ten months left for the elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but there is no evidence that these elections will...