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24/10/2022

Rishi Sunak to become the first UK’s non-white Prime Minister.

He has become the new Conservative leader and will therefore become prime minister.

Two candidates, Penny Mordaunt and ex prime minister Boris Johnson withdrew from the running, minutes before the party was due to announce how many MPs had backed each candidate.

What does this mean for global politics?

05/02/2020

Arap Moi - Sinner or Saint?

Eighteen years after Moi stepped down, Kenya still cannot shake off his destructive legacy.

14/01/2020

🇷🇼 Rwanda’s Kagame to Decide Harry and Meghan’s Future in the Common Wealth.

In her hands, she might have had the power to decide Harry and Meghan’s future freeing them from the clutches of the Royal family, but the Queen of England, though she is the titular Head of the Commonwealth she does not hold executive authority do decide the Sussexes’ future within the Commonwealth structure.

Last week, Harry and Meghan pledged to ‘honour our duty’ to the Commonwealth in a statement that severed their ties with the Royal family. However in Last night’s statement, the Queen made no mention of the Commonwealth.

The Common Wealth is perhaps the one association which is closest to the Queen’s heart. It is 53 independent countries working together, all former colonies and dominions of the old British Empire. It is about protecting human rights and celebrating diversity.

Any idea that they are bowing to secondary members of the ex-ruling family would not go down well. Any subtle sign that Great Britain, the old colonial power flexing its muscles, and hell could break lose. And yet flex them Boris Johnson must. He is he the ‘Chair-in-Office’ of the Commonwealth.

You see, Boris Johnson holds the position because the British Government (under his predecessor, Theresa May), staged the last Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2018. On the other hand Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is the next ‘Chair-in-Office’.

Under Commonwealth rules, the current and future ‘Chairs’, together with the previous one (the Maltese PM), form what is called ‘the troika’. This powerful executive committee of the Commonwealth is authorised to take decisions on behalf of all 53 nations. It is always led by the incumbent ‘chair’ — who happens to be Boris Johnson, but Kagame has to foresee the transition.

Currently the Duke of Sussex is the Commonwealth Youth Ambassador having been appointed two years ago and leading the Common Wealth’s 2.4 billion youths under the age of 30. His future role is a legitimate issue of concern for member states, as concerned the Queen.

Eyes will be on Kagame as the new chair and his negotiating skills will be put on the test.

14/01/2020

Has Racism Driven Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Out of the UK?

Prince Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, better known as Meghan Markle, shocked the world (and apparently the royal family) when they announced that they would be "stepping back" from royal duties, splitting their time between Britain and North America, and seeking to become financially independent.

However, of all races, black Africans are not surprised at all. They all brought it down to one denominator, Racism.

What racism? For starters, Boris Johnson’s sister, Rachel Johnson, commented that Meghan had "rich and exotic DNA." Then, a BBC commentator tweeted an image of Meghan and Harry holding hands with a chimpanzee and joked that it was their son.

Well that says it all! No wander, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have had enough of Toxic Britain.

14/01/2020

What issues concern Africans in relation to political and social development? What factors shape African identities? What impact did colonialism and the West have on Africa? Are women oppressed in Africa? This page focuses on postcolonial Africa’s environment, history, politics and society.

Most African colonies became independent in the 1950s and 1960s amid hopes that this would be the prelude to an era of democracy and development. By the end of the 1980s, the continent was characterized by instability, authoritarianism, poverty, war and famine. In a small number of countries, the state itself is disintegrating. And yet, a popular narrative that has emerged in recent years has been that of ‘Africa rising.’

In the wake of crisis and stagnancy in the Western world, African countries are heralding an ‘African renaissance’. However the credibility of such narratives is questionable. Understanding the nature of politics in Africa and the many social, political and developmental challenges that continue to confront the continent should be at the fore front of all Africans

This Page will give an analysis of the nature of politics in post-colonial Africa, ‘Big Man’ politics, where states are run to serve the private interests of globally connected African elites and the range of issues that are threatening (or, in some cases, entrenching) the social and political status quo in African countries.

Issues to be touched upon will include democratisation, economic reforms, ethnic/racial politics, corruption, violence and civil society activism.

Africa- Politics and beyond will also lay bare the nature and implications of external interventions on the continent, including those of the Western powers and, more than ever before, China.

Introducing Africa -Politics and Beyond