By Nathan N. Mulbah – Liberia, a West African State, with a population of about 3,476,608 is nursing itself from the scourge of a 15-year civil cum military upheaval that bedevilled the country thus leaving political and social commentators to describe it as a “Fail State”. However, in 2005, a Special Election was held under the auspices of the National Elections Commission (NEC) with assistance from the International Community. It was that election that catapulted Liberia’s and Africa’s first female president, Ellen Johnson to power. But with five years at the helm of political affairs of the bruised West African... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – Twenty three months have now elapsed since the signing of the Zimbabwean Global Political Agreement (GPA) but there is little real progress to show for the effort, the resources and the livelihoods that have been consumed in the ongoing political stalemate in Zimbabwe. Once again we have looked to find the origins of the chaos by analysis of the facts to hand. Over the month of August, seventy-six news articles from the internet media were captured and catalogued through the month of August. Each article is a unique record of a breach of the terms of... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera and Timothy Kitundu – TANZANIAN journalists have come under strong criticism due to poor coverage of the ongoing political campaigns. This came during the review of coverage on Parliament and politics. The review followed a training that was provided to journalists by the Tanzania Media Fund under the tutelage of the Media Institute of South Africa (MISA-Tan). A renowned media trainer and consultant Lawrence Kilimwiko dejected the tendency whereby the incumbent presidential, parliamentary and council candidates are giving numerous promises in order to win voter’s confidence and their votes. Kilimwiko revealed this in Dar es Salaam on... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera (The Express – Tanzania) – LEADERS of opposition parties in Tanzania have admitted that time is not yet ripe to form an alliance due to a number of pertinent issues yet to be resolved. The chief campaigner and strategist for the Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) candidate Prof Mwesiga Baregu said there were many reasons as to why even this time around they cannot unite. “There were two alternatives, forming an alliance like the Kenyans did with the NARC, or rallying behind a strong candidate with a wide following. “We have rallied behind Seif Shariff the... Continue Reading
Hassan Abbas in Dar es Salaam – PROVISION of quality, reliable and affordable clean water services has become one of the topical issues among candidates in the ongoing campaigns for the October polls in Tanzania. Investigations by this reporter have confirmed that presidential as well as parliamentary contestants for all the major three political parties-the ruling CCM, the main opposition CHADEMA and CUF, who are currently campaigning around the country, have stressed improvement of water service with many voters becoming wary of empty promises. Apart from the candidate’s promises on the ground, it has been established that, all the three... Continue Reading
