Dorothy-Grace Guerrero and Firoze Manji (ed) (2008) China’s New Role in Africa and the South: A search for a new perspective. 
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RSS FeedZimbabwe: Run-off election possible within 12 months
2008-05-08
Head of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) Observer Mission to Zimbabwe Marwick Khumalo told reporters on Wednesday that a run-off election, if decided upon, could be held within the next 12 months. "... last night [I] spoke to the Chairman of the Zimb...
Ghana: Blending traditional institutions into government
Kofi Akosah-Sarpong (2008-05-08)
Part of the complications of Ghana’s development is that its elites who are expected to know better appear wanting.It is when they are out of power, as former President Jerry Rawlings will tell you, that they realise they neither thought well nor und...
Sudan Government says 90 percent covered on last day of census
2008-05-08
Sudan’s highly politicised census drew to a close on Tuesday with monitors estimating the country was 90 percent covered, although many in the capital Khartoum said they had not yet been counted. The census will help determine wealth and power sharin...
Mauritania: Premier replaced
2008-05-08
Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on Tuesday appointment Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghev as the new Prime Minister. El Waghev, Chief Presidential Secretary and the head of the National Pact for Development and Democracy (PNDD-ADIL),...
Zimbabwe: Opposition rejects presidential run-off
2008-05-08
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC will not participate in a presidential run-off against Robert Mugabe, a top party official said on Thursday, after reports of escalating violence deepened a post-election crisis. The Movement for Democratic Change believes i...
Africa: Chad joins ranks of world’s worst regimes, others decline further
2008-05-09
Increased corruption and controls on nongovernmental organizations placed Chad on a list of the world’s most repressive societies for the first time, putting the country on par with China, Zimbabwe and Syria. The finding is part of the Worst of the W...
Zimbabwe: Opposition retains House of Assembly
2008-04-30
Four weeks to the day after Zimbabwe queued to vote in the 29 March 2008 elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission have finally confirmed their original results, and that was that Zanu PF has lost its majority in the House of Parliament for the fi...
Kenya: Cash shortfall over cabinet
2008-05-01
Kenya needs to find another $300m to pay for the expanded coalition cabinet formed after a power-sharing deal. Finance Minister Amos Kimunya says he may be forced to shift funding from vital programmes like resettling the displaced to pay for new min...
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe prepares to verify count
2008-05-01
Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission is due to start verifying the country's delayed presidential election results. Representatives from both the governing Zanu-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change will oversee the collating process in Har...
Sudan: Census monitors anger south
2008-05-01
Up to 170 census monitors in southern Sudan have been told to return to the capital, Khartoum, after being accused of interfering with the count. Southern officials said the monitors were not approved and were mostly from the north of the country. Th...
Nigeria: Leaders seek poll annulment
2008-05-02
Nigeria's supreme court has begun hearing an appeal by opposition leaders against the victory of Umaru Yar'Adua, the country's president, in last year's elections. ...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai wins poll
2008-05-02
Morgan Tsvangirai has emerged on top of the presidential elections, polling 47.9% of the vote against President Robert Mugabe's 43.2%, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has confirmed on Friday. Former Finance Minister and former key figure of Mr Mu...
Benin: Observers clear elections
2008-04-25
Local and municipal elections in Benin passed off without evidence of fraud but with some functional problems, the head of a regional observer team said on Wednesday. Moussa Tapsoba, leader of the monitors from the Economic Community of West African ...
Cote d'Ivoire: Ensuring credible elections
2008-04-24
This latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the conditions for new elections, which are now set to be held on 30 November 2008. However, the competition for the presidency, for which certain politicians appear ready to go to extr...
Malawi: Ex-leader Muluzi to contest 2009 election
2008-04-25
Malawi's opposition party on Thursday endorsed the country's ex-leader Bakili Muluzi as its candidate for next year's presidential election. He won a landslide victory in a United Democratic Front (UDF) convention over the country's Vice President Ca...
Cote d'Ivoire: Parties sign electoral "good conduct" code
2008-04-25
Ivory Coast's political parties signed an agreement on Thursday to shun violence, promote fair voting and respect the outcome of a presidential election scheduled for November 30 in the West African nation. Witnessed by United Nations Secretary-Gener...
Kenya: Rivals on unity tour
2008-04-25
Kenya's rival leaders have embarked on a joint tour of the areas of the country worst affected by violence which followed their battle over disputed elections. ...
Zimbabwe: Victims of state brutality speak out
2008-04-25
President Robert Mugabe's government is challenging widespread reports of systematic beatings and assaults by the army, police and ZANU-PF militia as part of a campaign dubbed "Operation Mavhoterapapi" (Who did you vote for?). The opposition Movement...
Africa: Ethiopians vote amid tight security
2008-04-25
The second and final day of voting in Ethiopia's local and parliamentary polls was held Sunday amid tight security, days after deadly blasts in the capital, Addis Ababa. Three people were killed and 18 wounded when simultaneous bomb blasts went off a...
Uganda: Parties fail to declare fund sources
2008-04-25
More than two years after Ugandans went to the first multiparty elections in 26 years, the country’s political parties have continued to defy electoral laws by failing to declare their sources of funding for the February 2006 presidential and parliam...
East Africa: Ethiopia votes in first round of elections
2008-04-18
Ethiopians voted on Sunday in a first round of general elections that the opposition coalition boycotted to protest alleged intimidation of its candidates, and that an international rights group said would be unfair. Governing coalition candidates we...
Kenya: Historic coalition Cabinet sworn in
2008-04-18
Kenya swore in a power-sharing government on Thursday to soothe fury over a disputed election that plunged the East African country into a bloody crisis. "Our people are now in the process of reconciliation," President Mwai Kibaki said at the ceremon...
Kenya: Council of the EU statement
2008-04-09
The Council of the EU has issued a statement expressing same concern as Annan expressed on 2 April and calling for formation of “an effective and efficient coalition government as soon as possible that reflects genuine power-sharing between Kenya's p...
Egypt: Brotherhood to boycott polls
2008-04-09
Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood has said it will boycott municipal elections after being permitted to field only 20 candidates for thousands of seats. Mohammed Habib, the group's leader, said on Monday: "We call on the Egyptian people to boycot...
Kenya: New protests as talks stall
2008-04-09
Clashes between youths and police have returned to the streets of Kenya after the political deadlock. Police have fired tear gas as hundreds of youths protested at the delay in forming a power-sharing government. Opposition supporters have threatened...
Zimbabwe: EISA Post-election statement
2008-04-11
Following its interim statement of 31 March on the 2008 Harmonised Elections in Zimbabwe, EISA has continued to monitor the unfolding events in Zimbabwe in anticipation of the announcement of the final and complete election results. This statement is...
Côte d’Ivoire: UN mission reports progress in identification process
2008-04-11
Almost half a million Ivorians have received new birth certificates, the first step in a process to enable them to vote in national general elections scheduled for later this year, the United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) has reported....
Zimbabwe: Opposition leader rules out participating in run-off
2008-04-11
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Tsvangirai has squashed reports that he is prepared to clash with Robert Mugabe in the presidential run off within a period of 21 days as stipulated by law. Tsvangirai who was invited to attend a SADC's emergency meeting ...
East Africa: Kenyans angry at 'bloated' power - sharing cabinet
2008-04-04
Kenya's political rivals faced criticism on Friday over the size and cost of a power-sharing cabinet meant to steer the east African country back on the path to economic recovery. President Mwai Kibaki is due to name a 40-ministry cabinet on Sunday, ...
Zimbabwe: Tension grows as results are delayed
2008-04-04
On 29 March 2008, Zimbabweans took part in a general election to elect members of the parliament, local councillors and a president. For the first time since the country gained independence from Britain in 1980, opposition parties have a majority in ...
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