Militia leader’s bravado shows limits of Libya reforms
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – For the United Nations, it was a chance to clip the wings of powerful armed groups who had held the levers of [read more…]
Politics
Congo’s Kabila, says he may run again in 2023
KINSHASA, Congo — Congo may be approaching its first peaceful, democratic transfer of power in nearly 60 years, but Joseph Kabila, who has been president [read more…]
Tracking Ammunition in Africa’s Wars: A Detective Story
An estimated 380,000 people have been killed in South Sudan, where most of the weaponry in the civil war is small arms. The job of [read more…]
It’s time to end Zimbabwe’s economic punishment, America
US sanctions are undermining Zimbabwe’s access credit and investment. They’re supposedly about rule of law, but there’s likely an ulterior motive. Almost a year since Robert [read more…]
Poland awaits hitman who killed Mandela’s ally
Janusz Waluś, who shot dead South African communist leader Chris Hani, could soon return home Ewa Waluś was a small child when her father, Janusz, [read more…]
36 candidates, 4 (ex-)presidents, and a lot of money, the Madagascar elections
Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world, yet its elections rank among the most expensive. Back in 2013, when 33 candidates competed [read more…]
Cameroon’s Paul Biya Gives a Master Class in Fake Democracy
One of the world’s most experienced autocrats has clinched another seven-year term by bending the rules of the game in his direction in ways both [read more…]
Angolan town emptied of Congolese in three days of violence
LUCAPA, Angola (Reuters) – Residents of Kapende, a Congolese neighborhood in the Angolan town of Lucapa, scrawled messages on their homes to keep the looters [read more…]
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AMBAZONIA, Cameroon — The road to Cameroon’s breakaway region of Ambazonia is a long and arduous trek along a dirt trail from the mist-covered highlands [read more…]
Generation gap: What #FreeBobiWine tells us about Ugandan politics
Uganda’s old guard fear the new and they don’t know what to do. Today, Ugandan MP Robert Kyagulanyi – better known as musician Bobi Wine – [read more…]