Democracy is much more than electing leaders periodically through competitive elections.

Governments in Eastern Africa ought to give ear to dissenting views for efficient and collective gov...

The next four years will be crucial in the process of transforming Nigeria into a country that meets...

Participatory democracy is about building bridges - within and between states, but especially betwee...

We anticipate tougher competition at the county level especially between traditional politicians and...

Kibaki’s take is a new wake up call for other rulers who still cling unto frozen ideas of ‘me foreve...

I recognize the extreme dilemma the world has faced in dealing with dictators like Gaddafi but never...

Reconstruction and maintaining peace will call for hard work in the days, months and years to come.

Challenges hindering development of Africa both politically and economically revolve around governan...

In a true democracy there is no authority higher than the people. All laws must emanate from the peo...

As this neo-imperialism and neo-colonialism intensifies, it would be ironic if twenty years from now...

Many observers in the East African Community anxiously wait to see this happen in Tanzania and Ugand...

Libyans who have participated in overthrowing Gaddafi will soon regret as they are driven to serfdom...

Western driven democracy in Africa is cosmetic. It is designed to fulfil the hidden interests of wes...

By choosing to participate in this year’s presidential election, opposition candidates made the choi...

For 48 minutes and 48 seconds, I was silent as I reflected on the intentions of the devious architec...

In a matter of months, Zimbabweans will go to the ballot and choose which economic vision they belie...

Open discussion, debate, criticism and dissent are essential to generating informed and reflected ch...

The slogans of Donchi Kubeba and Nafuti Nafuti effused a sense of national pride in the 2011 electio...

Sierra Leone ethnic groups                      CourtesyIn 2002, after a decade of blood...

Africa probably needs a different type of democracy suited to its own unique and peculiar politic-ec...

The ANC needs to migrate towards a post-liberation struggle mindset. It needs to start operating as...

Over the last few years, the top 30 American companies spent more money on lobbying politicians than...

Ghana’s exceptionalism as an “Island of peace” in a zone of war is on the brink of collapse by curre...

China follows closely the developments of the situation in Syria, firmly maintains that the current...

In the Western democracies, major media Houses endorse candidates through a thorough research and an...

Can the media and church that supported crooks during the last general elections be trusted this ti...

In one of his many works, the veteran freedom icon, Nelson Mandela made a profound obser...

Charles Taylor in court                                      Photo courtesyI have been f...

Elections will be meaningless if we don’t put our house in order. Can anyone hear me? Country. First...