African-Americans have the potential to shape relations between Africa and the US As the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration gets under way, there are important collateral developments that may give momentum to what...
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Kenya comes full circle
Kenya African National Union makes a comeback In 2002, the Kenya African National Union (KANU), the ruling party in Kenya since independence from Great Britain in 1963, fielded a relative greenhorn as its presidential...
A bulwark against tyranny
If Zimbabwe is to be true to its democratic identity the courts and the rule of law are indispensable Acts of commission or omission by the judiciary have consequences more far reaching than most may realise: Zimbabwe...
Counting the cost
Nigeria: fighting corruption Africa’s intensified effort against corruption has neither prevented billions of dollars from being stolen nor improved its image By Ini Ekott Billions of dollars that should provide...
Divided since 1963
Kenya: deadly politics Ethnic factionalism results in skewed allocation of resources and opportunities towards majority tribespeople Last year three Kenyan universities closed indefinitely after a poisonous division...
An African superhero shakes up the status quo
In February of this year, following an insurgency mounted from a nation called Wakanda, a young king forcibly took over Africa. At the time, no one seemed to mind: backed up by a dazzlingly capable all-female...
