How Ghana lost its federalism
Dennis Penu, International Institute of Social Studies Most of the 54 countries in Africa are unitary – the power to…
Infighting rocks Zim’s ruling party
BY MUGOVE TAFIRENYIKA ZANU PF continues to reel from its seemingly intractable factional wars around the country, a fortnight after…
Zanu PF losing bigwigs accept fate
By Mugove Tafirenyika POLITICAL EDITOR tafirenyikam@dailynews.com ZANU PF bigwigs who lost last week’s party provincial elections have accepted the decision…
Game on as govt sets by-elections… all eyes on MDCs amid relentless, futile wars
By Mugove Tafirenyika POLITICAL EDITOR tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ALL eyes will be on the warring MDC factions in the next few months,…
Tanzania at 60: a model of co-existence held back by political rigidity
David E Kiwuwa, University of Nottingham Tanzania gained its independence on 9 December 1961 after 71 years of colonial administration,…
Tanzania at 60: Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth still resonates six decades later
Nigel Gibson, Emerson College Franz Fanon, the Martiniquan born psychiatrist, committed Algerian revolutionary and Pan-African thinker, died 60 years ago…
Tanzania at 60: The results of putting education high on the agenda at independence
Simon Ngalomba, University of Dar es Salaam Soon after independence from Britain in 1961, Tanzania declared war on three main…
How to curb vote buying in Kenya before the 2022 elections
Aaron Erlich, McGill University “Vote buying” – when a voter exchanges his or her vote for some form of compensation…
Removed MDC MPS push for fresh polls
BY JEFFREY MUVUNDUSI AND BLESSING MASHAYA RECALLED MDC legislators are pushing to be allowed to participate in pending by-elections despite…
Political violence temperature rises in Zim
BY BLESSING MASHAYA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) has once again warned that authorities will crack down mercilessly on all perpetrators…