Headlines Tag Late Tanzanian Hero John Magufuli with Covid-19 Stigma

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The news head­lines fol­low­ing the pass­ing of Tan­zan­ian leader John Magu­fuli paint him in a neg­a­tive light. This is not fair.  Magu­fuli became pres­i­dent in 2015 and won reelec­tion to a sec­ond term fol­low­ing the Octo­ber 2020 gen­er­al elec­tions. Tan­za­nia is often hailed as one of the African continent’s most demo­c­ra­t­ic, polit­i­cal­ly sta­ble, and pros­per­ous African nations.…

West Africa: Democracy ‘a constant process’ top UN official tells Security Council 

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While elec­tions are one-time events, “democ­ra­cy is a con­stant process of delib­er­a­tion and con­sul­ta­tion” where dia­logue pro­vides an “impor­tant are­na for the build­ing of nation­al con­sen­sus”, the top UN offi­cial in West Africa told the Secu­ri­ty Coun­cil on Monday. 

Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict Is Dominating Africa Headline News

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  Ten­sions in Ethiopia’s north­ern Tigray region have gone from talk­ing about the poten­tial for con­flict into what is now the after­math of a war between the country’s fed­er­al gov­ern­ment in Addis Aba­ba and the region­al gov­ern­ment in Tigray. An esti­mat­ed six mil­lion peo­ple live in the Tigray region.  Since fight­ing began on Novem­ber 4,…

Africa in the news: Elections in Ghana, US relations with Somalia and Morocco, and trade in East Africa

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Incum­bent Pres­i­dent Nana Aku­­fo-Addo declared win­ner of Ghana­ian elec­tions  On Wednes­day, Decem­ber 9, Ghana’s incum­bent pres­i­dent Nana Aku­­fo-Addo won a sec­ond term in office, win­ning 51.59 per­cent of the vote in gen­er­al elec­tions that took place on Mon­day. Oppo­si­tion leader