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Sub-Saharan Africa is not Egypt, William Hague

By Blessing-Miles TendiPolitics, World
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WILLIAM Hague, Britain’s foreign secretary, declared this week that “we are only in the early stages of what is happening in north Africa and the Middle East”. Addressing a London conference of African politicians and businessmen, Hague said that the … Read more

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Niger: a good coup?

By Daniel MolokelePolitics

AFRICA does not need any coup de tats any more. In fact the African Union has taken a clear and an unequivocal stance against any coups whatever their avowed justification. According to the continental body, coups are now a political … Read more

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‘Big Man’ politics and leadership succession in Zimbabwe

By Chofamba SitholePolitics

FOLLOWING the convoluted succession race in President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party demands the patience of a seasoned marathon spectator.   As any Zimbabwean journalist will know, there exists an enormous archive in the media spawned by ‘succession journalism’, dating … Read more

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