South Africa Elections Stir Up Corruption Controversy

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South African leader, Cyril Rhamaphosa, sworn into office Sat­ur­day, May 25, is count­ing him­self a lucky man after lead­ing the embat­tled African Nation­al Con­gress (ANC) par­ty to a major­i­ty win in the May 8 Gen­er­al Elec­tions. The ANC, the par­ty of Nel­son Man­dela, con­tin­ues to face alle­ga­tions of cor­rup­tion that plagued the par­ty for many…

Elections in South Africa — A Media Review

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Edi­tor’s Note: On May 8 South Africans will go to the polls to elect par­lia­men­tar­i­ans and provin­cial leg­is­la­tors in the coun­try’s Gen­er­al Elec­tions. In this analy­sis, Uni­qua Smith gives us a pre­view of the elec­tions by tak­ing a look at the major par­ties involved, the issues on the bal­lot, as well as how the election…

Post-Election Affairs in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Edi­tor’s Note: A lot has hap­pened in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) since the Decem­ber 30, 2018 elec­tions. In this analy­sis, our own Uni­qua Smith scout­ed the web and oth­er sources for news and infor­ma­tion fol­low­ing the his­toric trans­fer of pow­er in the nation.  In the process of find­ing out what is tak­ing place Smith…