Even the most promising of Africa’s leaders cannot seem to resist the temptation to extend presidential terms Rwanda, widely regarded as an African developmental success story, has recently attracted attention as it...
Alain Tschudin
How long is too long?
Data analysis shows that the longer current heads of state rule, the higher the levels of corruption and the more extensive their powers become It is, unfortunately, not unusual to hear of a head of state staying in...
From compromise candidate to ‘petty dictator’?
Tanzanian president John Magufuli quickly became power struck once in office Tanzanian president Dr John Pombe Magufuli has an uncanny ability to undermine his own anticorruption crusade through his intolerance of...
EDITORIAL: East-West, but is home best?
Welcome to this “Looking East” edition of Africa in Fact on Africa-Asia relations. Last year, members of the GGA team paid a visit to Asia, and more specifically, to the Far East. While transiting Hong Kong, I was...
Asia’s AGOA fronting
Chinese and Taiwanese textile and apparel factory owners have exploited an AGOA loophole, creating jobs in Lesotho, but still funnel most profits back home Taiwanese and Chinese immigrants have brought jobs to...
Ghost cities: Africa’s moving in
While new metropoles sprouting across China remain empty, those they’ve built in Angola are housing the African nation’s growing middle class China’s construction boom has seen spanking new “ghost cities” sprout up...
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