Rwanda’s economic liberalization stands in stark contrast to the lack of political liberalization.
Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame gets 7 more years after flawed elections. Though Kagame can claim credit for impressive economic growth and development under his leadership, the current system of governance seems unlikely to yield long-term peace and stability in Rwanda. Part 1.
A Few days before the Southern African Development Community heads of State and Government summit kicks off in Windhoek, a bitter feud has erupted between the Zimbabwean Ambassador to Namibia, Chipo Zindoga and Zimbabwean political scientist John Makumbe.
Presidential luxury trumps democracy in Nigeria. The Nigerian government this week approved plans to buy two new generation Falcon 7X jets and one Gulfstream G550 for the presidential fleet at a cost of US$150 million amid efforts by the government to raise funding for elections.
SOUTHERN African Development Community Heads of State and Government will carry the region’s elusive dream of financial integration when they convene in Windhoek, Namibia, in two weeks’ time.
Zimbabwe’s national airline, Air Zimbabwe, has reportedly secured a deal with French aviation giant Airbus for the supply of two Airbus A340-600 long haul passenger jets and one Airbus A319 jet to replace its aging fleet of Boeing 737 jets scheduled to retire in 2011.
The concept of the “long war” has characterised military doctrine since the end of World War II. The broader objective of global military dominance in support of an imperial project was first formulated under the Truman administration in the late 1940s at the outset of the Cold War.
BLOG: The subway bombing that killed at least 39 people in Moscow on Monday morning will transform the way states and state security agencies currently view the fight against terrorism.
Washington – News reports and sources in Zimbabwe’s dairy industry said Thursday that Guth South Africa, a subsidiary of Germany’s Guth Ventiltechnik, may be in violation of the sanctions imposed by the European Union on President Robert Mugabe and his family by supplying equipment to Gushungo Holdings for a dairy plant in the Zvimba communal lands, Mashonaland West.
Mogadishu: A prominent Somali radio reporter, Abdul Kamirm Ahmed Bulhan was arrested on Wednesday night by a non-militant Islamist group, Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa in the city of Abud Waq near the border with Ethiopia, colleagues and relatives confirmed Thursday.
