By Linus Kaikai On my kicker tonight I find it hard not to admire and draw some lessons of the democratic processes of the west African nation of Ghana imperfect as those processes may be Ghana conducted elections on Monday and last night. President nana akufo-addo secured a second term with a narrow 50.59% against […]

Former Tanzanian opposition MP, Godbless Lema flew out of Kenya with his family on Wednesday night, December 9. The Former Arusha Urban Constituency MP left Nairobi after he was granted political asylum in Canada. His exit from Kenya and adoption in Canada were covered widely by local media and confirmed by his lawyer George Luchiri […]

In mid-November, as President Donald Trump railed against the election results, his wife, first lady Melania Trump publicly agreed with his sentiments. But privately, a handful of days after the final state tally, the first lady tasked an emissary with discreetly finding out what was available to her in terms of budget and staff allocation […]

One of the first things I discovered as President of the United States was that no decision that landed on my desk had an easy, tidy answer. The black-and-white questions never made it to me — somebody else on my staff would have already answered them. And while few decisions in life are as complex […]

By Onyango Ochieng Jr. via fb I am very proud of the Malawi Army (MDF). It’s very very very professional, unbiased, apolitical patriotic, and above all, it protects the nation from external aggression and threats to democracy(peace). Literally! During the Malawi elections, they noticed that President Prof. Mutharika was unlawfully using police to brutalize civilians […]

By Gordon Opiyo via Facebook For 30 years, Museveni has been able to keep Tribalism out of Ugandan Politics. He tactically allowed Kiiza Besigye to be his main challenger for nearly 20 years. Besigye and Museveni come from the same region and tribe. They were friends and former comrades at arms in the fight to […]

By Bobe Wine Last evening after reaching home, I watched what has happened for the past three days while I was illegally detained at Nalufenya! It was then that I appreciated the full extent of the brutality meted out on Ugandans by security forces. I watched as armed, non-uniformed gangs roamed the streets of Kampala […]

Photo: Kamala Harris, then San Francisco’s district attorney, laughs with Willie Brown at an event in September 2005. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle 2005 The Internet never forgets, so the saying goes ! Well, as millions across the world got excited at the news that Joe Biden and his running mate senatir Kamala […]

Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana has died from complications of COVID-19. Advertisement Sources indicate the ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, on Thursday morning. A military ruler, who later joined politics, Rawlings ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two […]