Tanzania's 2025 election is not an isolated event—there are clear signs of democratic erosion across much of the Continent. Elections, revered as noble expressions of democracy, often fail to deliver people-focused governance and often reproduce and …
When universities become living instruments of transformation, they cease to be mere repositories of information and become catalysts of national consciousness, ...
As developing countries continue to consolidate their voices, the balance of global discourse will shift towards greater inclusivity, ensuring that the story of ...
African leaders stay quiet out of solidarity or self-preservation. To acknowledge religious persecution in Nigeria would invite scrutiny of their own records, says ...
Violence and destruction, intolerance of contesting viewpoints, and inability to argue produce a stunted mindset that can never be liberating. Ideas and the contestation ...
The lines of power and multilateralism are being redrawn. The unique challenges and opportunities of this moment provide openings, above all, for developing countries ...
When we meaningfully invest in sport, from grassroots to professional levels, we are investing in our nation’s longevity, prosperity, and collective wellbeing. We ...
The Gaza situation makes a mockery of international diplomacy. Our world order is fully unilateral, with the powerful on top of the weak. Spare a thought for Gaza ...
Alleging electoral fraud, protesters have taken to the streets insisting on the victory of his opponent, a veteran of the regime who broke ranks, and garnered mass ...
Partners such as ASEAN understand that true progress comes not from dominance, but from solidarity. In that shared rhythm lies the promise of a new era, one where ...
The unfolding situation means that the future of the GPU is in jeopardy. Only astute leadership and political maturity can save the situation. As things stand, neither ...
Without moral and structural synthesis, the DA’s vision will not modernise South Africa’s economy; it will merely polish its inequities and repackage inequality ...
The next few years will be crucial for East Africa. If the current trajectory continues unchallenged, the risk of entrenching autocracy into the region' s governance ...
South Africa’s removal from the FATF grey list, marks not only a technical achievement but also an opportunity to consolidate a more equitable and accountable economic ...
When those entrusted to uphold the law manipulate it, democratic faith decays. What Parliament witnessed was not a contest of versions but a revelation: the state ...
The absence of US participation in the Climate Summit under President Donald Trump reinforced the sense of disengagement by the world’s largest economy—an absence ...
Famine – which first broke out in August 2024 in displaced people’s camps on the outskirts of El Fasher – is fast closing in on the city where about 260,000 residents, ...
The performance of the ANC in the 2026 LGE will be another factor in the party’s 2027 elective conference. The different roles that ANC leaders will play in the ...
In view of the current crisis and what more is still to be revealed at the Madlanga Commission, the ANC must convene a Consultative Conference in mid-2026. A repeat ...
Raila Odinga’s legacy is contested. His supporters will always remember him as a champion of multiparty democracy and constitutional reform. His detractors will ...