by Priyanka Bhardwaj –India– Corruption inextricably linked with bureaucratic hassles has always existed in India. Yet, however hard some of us may try to understand them as ‘inescapable miseries’ that need to be adopted as preferred routes to get small…
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Anti-Corruption Crusader Nuhu Ribadu on Corruption and Leadership
by Susan Enuogbope Majekodunmi –USA– Being Nigerian and having many relatives still living there, I keep abreast of political and economic events. Nigeria is blessed with many natural resources and brilliant, hardworking citizens, but corruption over decades is draining her…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Education, Interviews, Leadership, Nigeria, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Fundamental Change in Colombia Unlikely with President-elect Santos
by Moira Birss –Colombia/USA– Fulfilling expectations after a solid showing in May’s first round, former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos handily won Colombia’s June 20th presidential run-off election. Though Santos and his contender, Antanas Mockus, the former mayor of the…
Tagged with: Colombia, corruption, Elections, Guerrilla warfare, human rights, Latin America, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, Special Election Coverage
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, Special Election Coverage
Mugabe Wages Retribution Campaign After Losing the Election: Hundreds Flee for “Safety”
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – In the early hours of April 25th, Tariro Gweru and her husband Wellington awoke to a deafening knock on their bedroom hut. Wellington says he identified the frantic voices of his two friends, Simon…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Democracy, Elections, human rights, Political Violence, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
No Election Results But a Recount Begins: Mugabe Uses Violence to Reverse the People’s Will as MDC Calls for a Work Boycott
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – “The moment the people stop supporting you, that’s the moment you should quit politics.” These were the seemingly reasonable and even wise words President Robert Mugabe used in the Highfield suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe’s…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Democracy, Economy, Elections, human rights, Political Violence, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Free from Mugabe’s Grip, Zanu PF Split Is the Only Chance for a Better Zimbabwe
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – In my last article I wrote that the situation here is so dire that many Zimbabweans, including myself, can now only pray for divine intervention to rid us of this dictator, Robert Mugabe. Based…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Dictatorship, Politics, Robert Mugabe, Simba Makoni, ZANU PF, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Mugabe Mobilizes Veterans to Help Seize 2008 Presidency: Freedom Is the Next Casualty
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – In Zimbabwe 2007 closed on a very sad note. December was a very eventful month: it was President Mugabe’s busiest and most desperate month, as he fought to stamp out the criticism of his…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Elections, Politics, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
The Recent Russian and Chechen Elections: Putin and His Mafia Allies Control Both with an Iron Hand
by Nadezhda Banchik – USA – On December 3rd, Russia had yet another parliamentary election. Here in the US elections are a normal part of a citizen’s life and changes in power aren’t extraordinary, “revolutionary” events. Here no leader of…
Tagged with: Chechnya, communism, corruption, Democracy, Elections, human rights, Moscow, Politics, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Yeltsin
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
A New Dawn for Nigerian Women? Time Will Tell
by Susan Enuogbope Majekodunmi – Nigeria – Nigeria is an oil-rich country in West Africa also endowed with other mostly unexploited natural resources, such as coal and tin, iron ore and other valuable minerals. Colonized by the British, their influence…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Economy, gender equality, Islam, Nigeria, Politics, Women in Leadership, women politicians, women's empowerment
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
