All articles in 'Democracy'
He inherits a government that has plundered public funds, failed to pay the salaries of civil servan...
15th February 2017African youth are less likely than their elders to engage in a variety of political and civic activi...
1st February 2017The election may prove to be a political farce, but does Somalia have other options?
19th January 2017We who live in democracies are too often inclined to dismiss the enormous benefits that we derive fr...
19th January 2017The first generation leaders had some excellent redeeming qualities like nationalism, patriotism, vi...
2nd January 2016According to the "Population Estimation Survey 2014 for the 18 pre-war regions of Somalia," carried...
9th April 2016How many Quintus Ciceros are in Zambia? Political operatives whose raison d'être is to lie and...
11th April 2016We are also witnessing the shrinking civic space in Africa in which the state becomes everything and...
29th August 2016Our economy has been through several severe shocks. Some of these shocks have been of our own...
18th January 2016We are told people are bedrock of democracy. When my people tell me something, even before I agree w...
3rd January 2016If international funds dwindle or shift, will the conferences on federal cooperation between federal...
26th January 2016A constitution should be framed to withstand the worst leaders, not assume the best.
7th July 2016Democracy is not just about one day every four or five years when elections are held
1st August 2016Allow the IEC to be truly independent or set up an All Party Electoral Commission
17th May 2016If one did not live in Zambia and just came to visit from a truly democratic country, if there be su...
10th April 2016Nigeria is firmly committed to democratic principles. We are ready partners in combating terrorism,...
30th May 2016It is up to the cord coalition to do its math well if indeed they are serious with taking power from...
8th January 2016Kenya’s political actors have to factor in the country’s position at the convergence of diverse inte...
29th March 2016IGAD Plus present move to interfere in the internal affairs of South Sudan will predictably complica...
15th August 2016Mr. Trump’s promise to make America is a normal country that looks after itself and its people first...
4th September 2016South Africa shack dwellers movementToday marks the Tenth Anniversary of our movement. F...
12th October 2015What Africa must guard against are coups from above, by ruling regimes rigging elections or perpetra...
8th December 2015Installing a new legitimate parliament that has the quality and the mandate to move the nation forwa...
12th January 2015It is my thesis that Presidential candidate Ben Carson's good performance in the polls is attributab...
3rd November 2015The divide and rule system that colonialists used to conquer and control Africa is still manifested...
14th July 2015As Libya struggles with chaos of lawlessness cum extremism and as immigrants perish at sea, the West...
15th June 2015IGAD needs to underscore the fact that the Government of Nation Unity (GNU) is not a magic bullet th...
23rd March 2015Amending the constitution is a common practice in the making of the laws of the country. However, th...
28th December 2015IGAD and Troika’s Absence of Sagacity in Shepherding the Peace Agreement in South Sudan is unaccommo...
23rd November 2015The form of Baraka generated through these spiritual transactions is enduring and omnipotent, and un...
14th December 2015