Governance

The issue that is grabbing media attention now is the conflict and mass protests in Burundi following President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid to stand for a third term in forthcoming elections June 2015.

Violent protests have gripped the streets of Bujumbura since the 26 April when the Burundian President, Pierre Nkurunziza, declared his intention to run for a third term. On 13 May, protestors celebrated the announcement that the President had been dismissed and a coup d’état was underway.

I hate this hashtag. It’s so doomsday. I wonder what was in the mind of the person who used it first. I’ve never used it… until today. And I’m using it because I’ve just realised that shit is about to hit the roof, if it hasn’t already.

A coup d’état attempt was launched in Burundi’s capital city Bujumbura in a bid to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza—who was at the time attending an urgently scheduled East African Community heads of state summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania—amidst unrest over Nkurunziza’s bid to be re-elected

“IT IS NOT JUST $6. IT GOES A LONG WAY”

The leaders of southern Africa are pulling apart a regional court which they put in place to protect the rights of individuals in the region - the Southern Africa Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal).

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There are many commentators who say that, economically speaking, Africa is on the rise. As America’s grip on economic supremacy falters, and Europe slips further into its dotage, many African nations have been quick to help fill the vacuum.

Reuters, amongst other news agencies, directly links South Africa’s xenophobic violence to King Goodwill Zwelithini’s incendiary statements: “Let us pop our head lice.

INTRODUCTION

May Day, international workers day, started as a global general strike commemorating five anarchist labour organisers executed in 1887 in the USA. Mounting the scaffold, August Spies declared: