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african dictators – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:29:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg african dictators – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 Kofi Busia: A Stimulant For Today’s Democracy http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/kofi-busia-a-stimulant-for-today-democracy http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/kofi-busia-a-stimulant-for-today-democracy#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:16:34 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9794 Feature/Ghana/Africa Democracy Ghanaians are enjoying their 19-year-old democracy. Why not! They have spent most of their 54-year statehood in autocratic one-party systems and dictatorial military juntas. Freedoms, a very critical indicator of their democracy, are breaking out everywhere, wheeling the democratic tenets. One will never believe that this was a country where at some time …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/kofi-busia-a-stimulant-for-today-democracy/feed 2 The Loud Silence on The Situation in Swaziland http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/loud-silence-monarchy-swaziland http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/loud-silence-monarchy-swaziland#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:25:15 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8414 Today marks the 38th anniversary when King Sobhuza II suspended Swaziland’s independence Constitution and banned the existence of political parties in the country’s political life. Labour unions, students and civil society organisations have planned what they hope to be the mother of all protests to mark the event. Inspired by the events in Tunisia and …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/loud-silence-monarchy-swaziland/feed 2 No African Country is Immune to The Call for Change Sweeping Across The Continent, Not Even South Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/south-africa-country-not-immune-to-uprising-change-african-continent http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/south-africa-country-not-immune-to-uprising-change-african-continent#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:07:10 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7389 Africans and people of the Middle East have spoken; and in their loud and clear voices, they have unambiguously made it clear to their governments that cronyism, nepotism, corruption, and any abuse of state resources and public power for the benefit of the few will no longer be tolerated. At present, demands for political reforms …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/south-africa-country-not-immune-to-uprising-change-african-continent/feed 3 How Far Will African Dictators Go to Quell The New Wave of Popular Uprising? http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-dictators-revolutio-wave-popular-uprising http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-dictators-revolutio-wave-popular-uprising#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:48:55 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7128 African countries are going through a dynamic change, a change that the regimes cannot curtail even with the oppressive state apparatuses that have been employed over the years vehemently hold power. Two leadership casualties have been recorded so far; Ben-Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. These protests which regimes describe as social unrest …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-dictators-revolutio-wave-popular-uprising/feed 2 Uprising in North Africa and Middle East: See Which Countries Are on Fire http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/uprising-in-north-africa-and-middle-east-revolution-uprising Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:43:25 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7037 Unrest has spread across the Middle East and North Africa. Here's a look at what has happened -- and what is happening -- in various countries.

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]]> SELF PERPETRATION IN POWER BY AFRICAN LEADERS: LESSONS FROM EGYPT http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/egypt-revolution-african-dictators-uprising http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/egypt-revolution-african-dictators-uprising#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:00:57 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=6995 By Abiodun Fatai Why are African leaders fond of perpetrating themselves in power?  This has been the case with the late Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire, Mohammad Gaddafi of Libya, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Paul Biya of Cameroon, Kamuzu Banda of Malawi, former Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria, Omar Bongo of Gabon and Laurent Gbagbo of …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/egypt-revolution-african-dictators-uprising/feed 2 Egypt Calls for Freedom, Day 6: Update Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 9.00 am http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/tunisia-egypt-africa-protests-revolution http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/tunisia-egypt-africa-protests-revolution#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:24:04 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=6445 The police have largely disappeared from the streets but there is a heavy military presence in the city, even though soldiers are not intervening in the situation.

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]]> Obama to increase engagement with Africa in 2011 http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/obama-to-increase-engagement-with-africa-in-2011 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:59:15 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=5251 President Barack Obama is quietly but strategically stepping up his outreach to Africa, using this year to increase his engagement with a continent that is personally meaningful to him and important to U.S. interests.

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]]> Gbagbo; Another ugly face for Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/gbagbo-ugly-face-for-africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/gbagbo-ugly-face-for-africa#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:26:20 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=4489 So far, the situation looks ominous with Mr. Gbagbo’s refusal to back down. Not surprising, he is being encouraged by none other than Russia, the old nemesis of the West in the cold war days.

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