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Month: December 2013

Happy Kwanzaa; The Black Christmas

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Matunda ya kwanza ya mwamuko wa wana Afrika: the first fruits of the Afrikan Renaissance The holiday period is here with many cultures celebrating Christmas, Hanukah, and Genna (Ethiopian Christmas) among others. However, it is quite alarming that few in our communities are aware of a holiday that is rightfully ours: Kwanzaa. Yes, it is alarming, but not so much… Read More

Exploring why African States and African leaders struggle to be Democratic

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It has become one of the major political science paradoxes of Africa that a majority of nation states and/or their leaders in sub-Saharan Africa purport to be democratic or to espouse the principles and tenets of democracy yet struggle to live up to the standards of democratization. The question that crops to mind with regards to this irony might be... Read More

How A Shooting Exposed The Plunder Of Malawi’s Treasury

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On the night of Friday September 13, 2013,  Paul Mphwiyo, Budget Director in Malawi’s Ministry of Finance, was shot. Armed men were lying in ambush just outside the gate to his home, and fired at the 37-year-old as he drove in. Mphwiyo’s family rushed him to the Area 43 MASM Clinic. It was 11:30 p.m. I happened to be at… Read More
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Malawi Pres Joyce Banda: ‘Competitive primary elections must not divide us’

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BLANTYRE—With only few months to 2014 May tripartite elections, Malawi’s President Joyce Banda says her governing People’s Party (PP) will allow its members to elect candidates considered the best to propel the party’s ideologies of togetherness, equity and fairness, among others. Read More

Profile of South Sudan’s Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon

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Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 1953) is a South Sudanese politician who had been Vice President of South Sudan from its independence in 2011 until his dismissal in 2013. Machar obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering in 1984 and then joined the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005). Riek fell out with the... Read More

Burkina Faso Admitted into Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

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TUNIS, Tunisia, December 20, 2013/ -- Burkina Faso, benefitting from the close support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) and the World Bank, has successfully become a member of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). This now qualifies Burkina Faso as a REDD+* country and, with the award of a US $3.8-million grant, allows the country to put in place the necessary... Read More