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African leaders

Plastic pollution comes under spotlight at AU summit

By Jean-Jacques Cornish

Eighteen African countries have already banned the use of single-use plastic, particularly bags.

  • An Egyptian voter casts her vote in a polling station in the capital Cairo's eastern neighbourhood of Heliopolis on the first day of the 2018 presidential elections on 26 March, 2018. Picture: AFP

    [ANALYSIS] African leaders more constrained by democratic rules than you think

    Nic Cheeseman explores three important ways in which democratic rules constrain African leaders more than you might think.

    1488 days ago
  • FILE: Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila. Picture: United Nations Photo

    [OPINION] African leaders more constrained by democratic rules than you think

    Officials who want to understand democracy in Africa, need to take the official rules of the 'game' more seriously.

    1491 days ago
  • African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. Picture: GCIS

    AU chair urges African leaders to unite behind continental body

    The AU wants to streamline its structures and get African countries to fund more of the body’s costs themselves.

    1571 days ago
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    [OPINION] African citizens have reason to be fed up with politicians

    Africa is home to despots and sit-in presidents. Countries are run like family property and political dynasties are created by fathers passing power to sons.

    1765 days ago
  • Republican candidate Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump’s rigged election comments a ‘gift to dictators’

    Long-serving rulers who’ve faced criticism are using Trump’s remarks to counter US pro-democracy messaging.

    2036 days ago
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    Five things Africa’s future leaders should know

    Leaders to earn money through hard work and innovation, rather than connections and corruption.

    2129 days ago
  • Africa seen from a million miles away. Picture: Nasa.

    No winners for outstanding African leadership prize

    Leaders must show outstanding leadership in developing their countries and lifting people out of poverty.

    2162 days ago
  • United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Picture: EPA/Justin Lane.

    UN chief tells African leaders not to 'cling to power'

    It echoed remarks made by US President Barack Obama in the same AU hall on a trip to Ethiopia in July.

    2300 days ago
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