But what is the common denominator in the events in Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and the presidential candidacy selection of the PDP in Nigeria? All these events are about the acquisition, management, and mismanagement of political power and its consequences.
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How Far Will African Dictators Go to Quell The New Wave of Popular Uprising?
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… Continue reading How Far Will African Dictators Go to Quell The New Wave of Popular Uprising?
Egypt/Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Cannot Outsource Their Revolution (opinion)
Jacob Dlamini Johannesburg (South Africa) – The year is only 34 days old and already it has seen the absolute demise of one dictatorship (Tunisia), the near collapse of another (Egypt), the rattling of a third (Jordan), the likely ruin of a fourth (Yemen) and the possible failure of a fifth (Algeria). That, by any… Continue reading Egypt/Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Cannot Outsource Their Revolution (opinion)