Tag Archive: Politics

Of Kenya’s ‘Illiberal’ Democracy

GUEST BLOG The recent happenings in Kenya call for sober reflection on the nature of our democracy, and by extension, our political culture. When...

Church, Faith and Politics in Zimbabwe: Recalling the Secular

Religion has always been a key aspect of Zimbabwe’s national consciousness. And its points of entry into this national consciousness are many. From the...

Why are people so afraid of politics ?

Recently I was in a small village in Benin called Possotome. I went there to meet with the populations to talk about citizen participation....

Malawi – 56 Years After Dunduzu K. Chisiza’s “Realities of African Independence”

“Vindictiveness directed at the opposition parties has its nemesis when tables are turned – not to mention the adverse effect of the resultant strife...

Alcohol and Mental Health in Malawi

Sometimes you get a feeling that Malawi is a country in a permanent state of socio-political and economic crisis; from newspaper headlines, political speeches...

Will Africa Miss The Obamas?

The Obama`s are getting ready to pack their bags to move out of the White House as Barack Obama is near the end of...

July 6 Stay Away: Enter WhatsApp+ Mediating Zimbabwe’s New Consciousness

There are a number of causes and actors for the mass action that occurred in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, 6 July 2016. Some reasons being...

Will Clinton or Trump change US-Africa relations?

The United States is in International Relation terms known as a ‘Great Power’. A country with an incredibly strong voice on the international arena...

Elections and Political Communication

Having spent nearly a fortnight in Berlin Germany at the invitation of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Media Program on a political bloggers study...

Zuma – manifestly unfit for purpose

Moral debates are not settled in courts. The law can be profoundly immoral, if it is written and practiced by those who want to...

REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES: Why the Burundi crisis is an opportunity for AU and the UN to redeem themselves

On Saturday morning, the world woke up to news of fresh violence in Burundi that left 87 people dead, most of them shot at...

Whose Revolution is it anyway?

“plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr I wonder if Jean Baptiste knew that these words would later shape themselves...