January 27, 2016
A truck bearing the image of President Yoweri Museveni in Masindi town, Uganda, ahead of the upcoming presidential election. Reuters/James Akena
This year, like 2015, promises to be yet another busy year in Africa’s electoral democracy stakes. More...
January 26, 2016
If the mass media is to be believed, Africa is hardly a continent brimming with opportunities for business. But for some time international business commentators have been positioning the continent as the next market with significant potential....
Electricity pylons from Cape Town’s Koeberg nuclear power plant. State-owned companies help to provide infrastructure for economic development. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
State-owned companies are often touted as necessary tools for development in emerging economies. This is because they can be directed...
* President Buhari of Nigeria and President Bongo of Gabon will join President El-Sisi of Egypt next month at the Africa 2016 forum.
* The Forum will discuss key issues impacting African economies, as well as highlighting the African opportunity.
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Rwandan president Paul Kagame has long benefited from the support of the US. DFID/Flickr
By Claudine Vidal
On 31 December 2015, in his greetings to the nation, Rwandan president Paul Kagame announced that he would run a third term.
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Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, will participate in the fourth edition of the AFRICA CEO FORUM, the foremost international event dedicated to the development of the...
Neuroscience offers hope for developing new treatments for Parkinson’s disease. Shutterstock
January 18, 2016
My life changed on a cold, dark, rainy January morning in 2011. Worried about a modest tremor in my left hand, my doctor had referred me...
January 15, 2016-The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that journalists in Uganda are being prevented from freely covering Parliament and campaigning for next month's presidential elections. The government announced this week that journalists without a university qualification will...
Burundi’s president (centre) on a visit in 2014. He would do well to meet now for peace talks. Ilyas A. Abukar/AMISOM Public Information
January 15, 2016
A leaked UN memo to the Security Council has warned that a peacekeeping force in...
Supporters of South Africa’s governing ANC at the party’s 104 anniversary celebration in Rustenburg. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
When language is alive and searches for new ways to illuminate reality and possibility, it can attain real power. Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre wrote:
Words wreak...