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The resolution, passed on Saturday, also called for an end to the systematic harassment, intimidation and incarceration of political activists and the unconditional release of political prisoners and return of exiles, as well as for the isolation of Swaziland until these demands are met.

Recently, I observed the presidencial and parliamentary elections on 18 February 2016 in Uganda. This was the first election to be held using the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) system.

Pio Gama Pinto had to die because he was perhaps the near perfect African socialist in a Kenya that was probably 95 per cent capitalist, if only subconsciously.

Dear Mr. President,

The reactions to the International Criminal Court Appeal Chamber’s ruling last week are a good example of the doublespeak that has come to characterise our politics.

In 2013, Elaine Colville, a British national and former World Bank staff wrote a revealing article titled "US and EU ignore plight of blacks at World Bank." The article lamented that with European and North American countries "controlling the overwhelming majority of the voting rights of the Worl

A few years ago, a mentor of mine gave me a lesson in Kenya’s diplomatic rule of thumb.

Who grabbed the Kenya Police canteens? Before the Independence of Kenya in 1963, there were canteens at every police station all over Kenya, with all kinds of commodities for consumption, at subsidized prizes.

On 16 February 2016 the Egyptian diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali died aged 93. He was so far the only Secretary-General of the United Nations who served in office one term only (1992-1996). But this should not be mistaken as a failure.