Politics

Economics of the Elections in Africa ~ Alex Ndungu

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 5 April, 2013 - 05:16

Politics

Voice of Liberty Africa: Democracy and the new order for governance in Africa ~ Fiyinfoluwa Elegbede

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 25 March, 2013 - 10:54

Politics

Kenya: How Technology Transformed Kenyans Into a Nation of Election Monitors

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 20 March, 2013 - 09:38

Two weeks ago, on 4 March, millions of Kenyans lined up to vote in the country's first national elections since the disputed poll of December 2007.

Back then, allegations of rigging triggered months of post-election violence in which 1,400 people were killed and half a million were displaced.

Kenya: What Will Kenyatta's Election Mean for Country's Asians?

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 18 March, 2013 - 08:36

In the weeks leading up to Kenya's general elections, business at Nairobi's Colourprint, one of the city's oldest printing presses and one of Kenya's many Asian-run companies, was booming.

Sierra Leone: Democracy or One-Party State?

Submitted by Japheth J Omojuwa on 18 March, 2013 - 08:26

Politics

At first glance, the West African state of Sierra Leone looks like an impressive exercise in democracy. Eleven years after extinguishing the flames of its civil war, Sierra Leone has conducted periodic elections, followed by the transfer of power from one political party to another.