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Wealth & Power

Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.

Liberia Election Run-Off: Ex-Footballer Or Vice-President?

On Tuesday morning, a day after Christmas- a Christian festive holiday- Liberians went out to practice their democratic right to choose a new president. The context is between George Weah, a 51-year old ex-international footballer and 73-year old Joseph Boakai. Boakai has served as vice-president for the past 12 years

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"People Do Not Eat Ideology, People Are Hungry For Change" - South Africa Finance Minister Gigaba

There has often been a tendency, especially from the revolutionary parties that fought for liberation, to wallow in ideology, while offering little in terms of development.  This was even the case with Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe. Mugabe thrived on populist policies and ideologies, but on the ground

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Zimbabwe's Opposition MDC Alliance Accused Of Begging For Sanctions From America

On Monday, 11 December, the leader and presidential candidate of the opposition alliance called Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai sent a three-member delegation on a global campaign to put pressure on incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to implement electoral reforms.  The high-powered delegation includes former Finance

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Burundi’s President to Extend His Rule!

Week after week, African leaders seem to always be in the spotlight, and often, for all the wrong reasons. From Zimbabwe’s protests that left Robert Mugabe ‘powerless’ only to bring another lot of old leaders, to Nigeria, where a governor appointed his sister minister for happiness. To the eastern

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The Train Is Creaking To a Halt: Exit of the Liberian President.

By Abraham M. Keita November 14, 2017 January 2018 is fast waning. The sun is sliding behind winter’s gray shroud: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will hand over the baton of leadership to her successor. This peaceful transition, if uninterrupted or not halted by ongoing political intricacies regarding the October poll,

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Breakaway, Peaceful Somaliland Votes In Presidential Election

The self-declared republic of Somaliland has opened polls on the presidential elections. The poll is its third, and with this one Somaliland wants to prove its democratic credentials for independence from embattled Somalia. An election spokesman who spoke with the BBC confirmed that the election will use an iris-based biometric

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