Someone recently asked me what the reasons why Zimbabwe is in such a terrible economic situation are. I’m posting here my top ten causes of political failure in the small southern African state. These are not exclusive. I invite anyone reading the list to add their thoughts and express their feelings towards the list or [...]

This is a call to every Nigerian once taught by a teacher to support the cause of Nigerian teachers in public schools: “My teacher, the moulder of my character, the person who laid the foundation of my life, without whom my country could never have dreamt of its manpower. My teacher is the least paid Government worker; my teacher operates in the worst working condition in the country.”Image: niteoafrica.org

Africa researcher Emira Woods of Washington’s Institute for Policy Studies has been following the Liberian leader’s efforts to raise conditions for African rulers to achieve power and govern their people through democratic means. She points out that Mrs. Sirleaf is one of a growing number of African voices to speak out for the people of [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is facing its greatest challenge since its creation, in 2002. After receiving a green light from the Security Council to prosecute those in charge with the mass murders that occurred in the last five years in Darfur, the ICC is expected to take legal action against some of the top officials in the Sudanese government, possibly even the president of the country.

The already high levels of politically motivated violence in Zimbabwe’s rural areas are escalating, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change told IRIN.
Violence surged in the aftermath of the 29 March elections, in which ZANU-PF lost it majority in parliament for the first time since independence from Britain in 1980, and its leader, Robert Mugabe, come [...]

Podcast: Community leaders in Nigeria’s restive oil-rich Niger Delta have unanimously rejected a government-proposed summit aimed at resolving the military crisis in the region.
Lidum Mitte the President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People offers some insight why the summit is rejected: Previous summits had been reduced to mere “talk shops” [...]

How does African Union deal with presidents who inaugurate themselves in faulty elections? There are lot of elections that have not been not been free and fair.