Nelson Mandela and his co-accused went on trial between 1963 and 1964 under the apartheid rule. The racist South African regime had accused the leaders of the African National Congress of 221 accounts of sabotage designed to overthrow the Apartheid system. The Rivonia trial, as it was called, was essentially a mechanism through which theContinue reading “Victoire Ingabire trial comes close to Nelson Mandela Rivonia trial.”
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Africa, as a continent, should stand firmly for a right to veto UN decisions
Libya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, and Somalia, these are African countries’ cases where in recent years, if the black continent could’ve been able to veto some of the UN resolutions, things would’ve turned differently. The following text, which in a way points particularly on the weight of Africa in international politics, wasContinue reading “Africa, as a continent, should stand firmly for a right to veto UN decisions”
Let’s not demonize our challengers: a powerful message from William Mpofu
Should all Africans become like Egyptians when it comes to challenging leaders? This is a fundamental question I ask to anyone out there working for change on the African continent. In less than a year, Egypt and its people are again showing to the rest of the world that masses are tired of being continuouslyContinue reading “Let’s not demonize our challengers: a powerful message from William Mpofu”
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