How did voters, the opposition and civil society manage to defeat an entrenched and repressive regime? Zambia has done it again. On 17 August, President Edgar Lungu conceded defeat and congratulated Hakainde Hichilema on a remarkable victory. In the election five days earlier, the long-time opposition leader had won in a landslide, defeating the incumbent […]
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With the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) dealt a legal deathblow, the big political players are grappling with the implications of the court’s decision ahead of the 2022 elections. Strategy teams for those who have shown interest in the top seat and President Uhuru Kenyatta had largely placed hope on an expanded Executive as a bargaining […]
Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to open their borders after 11 years. This was announced after a meeting between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok according to President Kiir’s office. According to a press statement seen by Nation Africa at the weekend, the diplomatic meeting convened in Juba also […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) presented by the Federal Government. The NARD National President, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed-door meeting with the federal government and other relevant stakeholders on Sunday in Abuja. Reports have it that […]
Dar es Salaam — US President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate Michael Battle, as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Tanzania. Battle will be replacing Donald Wright who served since August 2020. Others in the same capacity include R. Nicholas Burns nomminee for ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the People’s Republic […]
*Fine-tune proposed West Africa Elders Forum Former President Goodluck Jonathan and former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, met late into last Thursday night in Abuja to brainstorm on measures that could help foster peace and political stability in West Africa. The two former leaders also used the meeting to fine-tune the planned West Africa Elders […]
Government has suspended its earlier plan for the city’s transport system for taxis and boda bodas to fast-track a legal framework under which the same scheme can be implemented. A senior director from Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), who preferred anonymity, said whereas government had sought to implement the plan this year, there was no […]
The regional body has essentially ignored the plight of the emaSwati who continue to suffer under the brutal reign of King Mswati III, activists say. “This is a regional problem. We have no confidence in any of the African organisations that should be taking a lead in this particular matter. They are turning a blind […]
ODM leader Raila Odinga who jointly with President Uhuru Kenyatta were the key promoters of the push to amend the Constitution yesterday welcomed the appellate court’s decision which found the initiative as unconstitutional. Mr Odinga described the judgment as “remarkable as it forms part of the continuing conversation on the future of this country and […]
Nairobi — Kenya’s Court of Appeal ruled Friday that a plan by President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga to change the Constitution was unlawful. Justice Gatembu Kairu said the power to change the Constitution lay with the citizens, not the political elite. “Abolishing or abrogating provisions of the Constitution in such a way […]
Having to collect one’s medicines at overcrowded public sector clinics with long queues can be time-consuming, disruptive, and, these days, may expose one to a risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2. Fortunately, South Africa has a programme that allows people on chronic medicines to collect their medicines at pick-up points closer to home, such as at participating […]
Beleaguered Harare City Council yesterday had to postpone the critical decision making full council meeting due the ongoing mayoral chaos. Management was in confusion on whether to report to the suspended Mayor Jacob Mafume or acting Mayor Musarurwa Mutizwa. Both “mayors” are claiming to be in charge of the city after suspended Mafume and his […]
Suspected land grabbers have encroached on the 60-acre piece of land belonging to Henry Kyemba, a career politician and former minister, and torched his sugarcanes plantation. The land, located in Model Farm Village, Njeru Municipality in Buikwe District, has been used as farmland and is adjacent to the government Njeru stock farm and Lords Meade […]
Loide Jason About 300 landless residents marched from Otjomuise to the City of Windhoek headquarters yesterday, and gave the municipality two days to familiarise themselves with their situation and five days to find a solution to their problem. If the municipal officials fail to assess their situation, the group threatened to set up camp again […]
Maihapa Ndjavera President Hage Geingob yesterday warned that Namibia cannot talk about development and peace if the biggest elephant in the room, that of apartheid, is not addressed. “Our country is the most unequal and it is based on race because we have a colour question here. Other countries have (this) but you do not […]
TRANSFORM Zimbabwe president Jacob Ngarivhume, who organised the world famous #31July Movement last year, has petitioned the parliament to expeditiously implement electoral reforms and address the issue of human rights violation urgently or face mass street protests. Ngarivhume, together with Diana Saungweme, Lilian Chipati, Takaruza Tangai and Farai Muridzo handed the petition to the speaker […]
Whichever way today’s BBI judgement goes, it will have a significant sway on Deputy President William Ruto, ODM boss Raila Odinga and the One Kenya Alliance (OKA) leaders’ presidential campaign strategies. All the three campaign teams, which so far make the “big three” of those who have declared interest in next year’s presidential contest, have […]
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Nigeria: Fragility of the Nigerian State
Government should institute policies that engender a regime of justice The 2021 report on Fragile States Index (FSI) which ranked Nigeria as the 12th most fragile state in the world indicates that we have declined by two further steps. Last year, Nigeria was rated the 14th most fragile state. Compiled by the Fund for Peace […]