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'Killing the chicken to scare the monkey': what Jimmy Lai's arrest means for Hong Kong's independent media
Kin Cheung/AP Brendan Clift, University of Melbourne The arrest this week of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong…
Video: Late Kashamu Buruji Asking Kessington Adebutu For Forgiveness
There has been mixed reactions on social media after the leaked video of late Senator Kashamu Buruji pleading and seeking…
Africa's presidents have been wrongly stereotyped: what we can learn from Kenya
Kenya’s founding president Jomo Kenyatta attends a ceremony in 1964 in Nairobi. Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images Anaïs Angelo, Universität…
You pig, you empty brain: Oshiomhole blasts DG PGF Salihu Lukman
Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole tongue-lashed Salihu Lukman, the director-general of the Progressive Governors Forum(PGF)…
The political careers Obasanjo ruined
By Fredrick Nwabufo Olusegun Obasanjo is a defining personality in Nigeria’s politics. For decades he has hovered like a wraith…
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I have the unenviable record of being the first civilian governor to have survived what is best described as a…
Ouattara and Power: Until Death Do Them Part, By Owei Lakemfa
…France which has invested so much in Ouattara would not allow the anti-imperialist Gbagbo return home. Despite that, it is…
Africa's attempts to abandon practice of presidents for life suffer another setback
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara attends a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s independence from France on…
State of democracy in Africa: changing leaders doesn’t change politics
shutterstock. Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham For the last few years the African political landscape has been dominated by high…
Throwback: Nigeria’s Most Wanted Conman
…First published in November 2007 Duped govt of Benin Republic Broke jail in Nigeria, UK Declared wanted by Interpol By…
