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Morgan Tsvangirai- A Successful Failure
Written by Rejoice Ngwenya   
Mar 14, 2008 at 12:08 PM

Rejoice NgwenyaHARARE, Mar. 14 -  In May 2005, Police and Para-military forces on the instruction of president Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe carried out a brutal operation called 'Operation Murambatsvina' (meaning literally "remove the dirt") in which homes and livelihoods of over one million Zimbabwe's urban poorest of the poor were destroyed. This action sent shockwaves around Africa and the world resulting in an UN-sponsored investigation in which Anna Tabaijuka, the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT castigated Mugabe and came within syllables of calling him a modern-day Idi Amin. At the time, Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Movement for Democratic Change MDC, Zimbabwe's largest opposition party, was expected to have spearheaded a national civic uprising that would have completely wiped out Mugabe's supremacy, but that never came.

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Kenya: The Annan-brokered Peace May take a long nap
Written by Khamala   
Mar 07, 2008 at 10:43 AM

KhamalaBy Esq. Charles Alenga Khamala, AfricanLiberty.org

My country’s madness has been exorcised at least for the foreseeable future.   However, it is not clear, at this stage, what precisely the Annan-brokered power-sharing deal entails for Kenya, or indeed whether it is a good or reliable example to emulate.

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KCM 2008: will the Zambian people be plundered again?
Written by Simon BEAUME   
Feb 16, 2008 at 07:48 PM

We will tell you about the troubles of a charitable organization whose goal is to help your region (with tens of millions of $).

The capital of KCM (Konkola Copper Mines) is divided between various owners as follows:
-51% VEDANTA, an Indian corporation
-28.4% ZCI (Zambia Copper Investment), a legal entity from Bermuda
-20.6 % ZCCM-IH (88% of which is owned by the GRZ Gvt of the Republic of Zambia)

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Elections Kenya 2007- A Deeper Reflection
Written by Edwin Nyanducha   
Jan 05, 2008 at 12:00 AM

NAIROBI, Jan. 5 - Almost all emails I have been receiving from all over the world are asking the one simple question: what is going on in Kenya? From the disappointment of those who have always viewed Kenya as a model democracy to predictions by many prestigious circles who had indicated that the elections were not going to have any impact on business and society in our country, the naysayers seem to be having a field day. I will attempt to give what I consider a meaningful picture of the issues and the likely turn that things are going to take.

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The Kenyan liver has been protected!
Written by James Shikwati   
Jan 02, 2008 at 12:00 AM

GAHNA, Dec. 12 - One of the ruling elites in Kenya once equated political leadership with the action of juggling with a fresh liver. Whereas Kenyan voters were busy casting their vote, a few elites were busy juggling with the liver in their board rooms; delaying result-tallying and making otherwise efficient election officials to disappear for three days. The resultant effect of liver juggling as opposed to democratic results that each one of us was waiting for is now in the open for the World to behold.

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A great new year 2008, to all of us together we'll do it !