Articles in the Lamp Magazine by Billy Mayaya (original) (raw)

The Election of Dr Dlamini Zuma as AU Chairperson Towards Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance?

2012

The election of Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-­‐Zuma as the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission was a surprise. Importantly, it brought to an end the electoral deadlock experienced during the January 2012 AU Summit between Dr Dlamini-­‐Zuma and the incumbent, Mr Jean Ping. This brief considers the hard-­‐won victory of Dr Dlamini-­‐Zuma, its implication for the global image of African states and the prospect of the new AU Commission leadership being able to promote a more effective AU.

INTS 251-01, Government and Politics of Africa, Fall 2008

2008

International Studies Department INTS 251 01: Government and Politics of Africa Fall 2008 TR 12:30―01:45, Buckman 214 ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Nasong’o Office Hours: 113 Buckman Hall Tue 11:00-12:00 Tel. 901-843-3823 Wed 12:00-01:00 nasongos@rhodes.edu Thu 02:00-03:00 ______________________________________________________________________________________

The Future of Democracy in Africa

SSRN Electronic Journal

The fuTure of democrAcy in AfricA AfricAn futures PAPer considerations, including the rise of terrorism and the impact and aftermath of the Arab spring. The problem is that elections do not necessarily translate into democracy. regular, free and fair elections do not provide for individual freedoms, political equality, female empowerment, an independent civil society, a free press or scope for deliberation-all key components of liberal democracy. 2 incumbent African regimes have also become adept at interfering in the electoral process, as recently seen in Zimbabwe, Uganda, ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, mozambique and elsewhere. Leaders in these countries invest significant resources in ensuring a favourable electoral outcome by constraining the democratic space. This is done by rigging the registration process, running interference (by tying opposition candidates down in spurious legal cases or barring public gatherings), misusing state resources to dispense patronage, controlling the diet of information (particularly through the abuse of public media in favour of the ruling party) and, if all else fails, directly manipulating the results or frustrating any subsequent legal challenge. This happened twice in August 2016, in Zambia and oil-rich Gabon, as presidents edgar Lungu and Ali Bongo ensured their re-election in what were essentially stolen elections. 3

Elections and Electoral Politics in Africa

Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 1993

The new British ambassador to Maputo, Richard Edis, recently travelled to the Renamo base at Maringue to meet its leader Alfonso Dhlakama. He carried with him a letter from Overseas Development Minister Baroness Lynda Chalker, two footballs and a pile of books on ‘democracy’ for…