Category Archives: Politics

Nigeria: The Texture of Democracy

We hear the term democracy so frequently that it’s easy to lose the sense of what it means. One day it’s a presidential election. The next it’s regulation of the media. A week later it’s the right to display a flag. At the Sussex Development Lecture a few weeks ago Kayode Fayemi talked about the Continue Reading...

South Africa: ANC Slates Voting Triumph

Bloemfontein — ANC voters seemed to stick closely to their slates in appointing the party’s new Zuma-aligned national executive committee in Mangaung on Tuesday. Singing and dancing greeted the announcements of the voting results that saw Jacob Zuma re-elected party president and Cyril Ramaphosa brought in to replace Kgalema Motlanthe as deputy president. National executive Continue Reading...

Kenya: Voters Rush to Beat Registration Deadline

Several polling stations have recorded a high turnout of voters looking to register as the IEBC voter listing exercise draws to a close. The process that has been going on since November 18 will officially come to a close on December 18. Various groups and individuals have appealed for the process to be extended to Continue Reading...