African leaders and foreign hospitals

So, another African president dies in London, to continue a long list of the continent’s leaders to have died in a foreign hospital. The death of president Michael Sata, the man who rose from cleaner to his country’s highest office follows a long undisclosed illness.

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Aug

KALINAKI: From tyrants to turbines: US shift in African foreign policy

>What is Africa’s problem? To many, it is power and the failure to use, manage and transfer it peacefully. So it is not surprising that last week’s US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington focused extensively on power in Africa — only that the focus was on electricity, not the continent’s politics.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Feb

E.African leaders want a monetary union; who else?

On November 30, 2013, the five EA Community (EAC) member states Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi signed a Protocol in Kampala, ostensibly charting the road to a Monetary Union (EAC-MU) and a single currency ten years thence.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Sep

African leaders fight against terrorism

Securing porous borders is the main challenge for African states in the fight against terrorism. It is through these exposed borders that violent extremist groups carry out illegal transnational trade to finance their activities, the African Union Peace and Security Summit at the KICC heard on Tuesday.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Jul

African leaders must invest more in agriculture

Judging from the daily outpouring of commentary, opinions and reports, you would think that there were two African continents.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Mar

African leaders discuss integration

African leaders from various disciplines met in Dar es Salaam on Friday to discuss obstacles and achievements of the continent’s economic integration.

 

11 years ago

BBC

African leaders gather for US summit

Delegates are gathering in Washington DC for the largest-ever summit of African leaders in the US.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Dec

African leaders who won’t stand down from office

Even the fate of Blaise Compaore, who was ousted after a bloody uprising in 2014 after 27 years as president of Burkina Faso, has not been enough to deter other African leaders from clinging to power long after their constitutions demanded they go.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

14 May

Do current African leaders overstep their mandates?

>In the field of farmland leases and sell-offs (commonly referred to as land-grabbing) the current crop of African leaders may well be accused of exceeding their mandate to the point of treachery to their continent, their people and to future generations of Africans.

 

11 years ago

Dewji Blog

13 May

African Union: Reject Immunity for Leaders

African Groups say Plan Would Harm Regional Court

By Special Correspondent, Johannesburg

A proposal to give immunity to sitting government leaders before Africa’s regional court would be a major setback for justice for grave crimes, African organizations from 19 countries and international organizations with a presence in Africa said in a letter to African governments released today.

Justice ministers and attorney generals of African Union (AU) member countries are scheduled to meet in...

 

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