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…]
Politics
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…]
Rwanda appalled at chance of early release for genocide criminals
Hassan Ngeze, convicted on crimes relating to 1994 genocide, among those who may be released after serving two-thirds of sentence An international court is expected [read more…]
Is Trump Buhari’s ace in the pack?
President Buhari’s visit to the US shortly after his decision to stand for re-election next year is likely to play to his advantage during campaigning. [read more…]
One step forward, two steps back? Zimbabwean opposition’s self-created dilemma
It is up to the MDC Alliance to make it difficult for Zanu-PF to rig the upcoming elections. This can be achieved by uniting the [read more…]
Why is no-one talking about the Zamfara conflict?
Brewing crisis in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, which analysts say has the potential to become as deadly as the Boko Haram conflict. Growing up nearly 50 [read more…]