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As US Goes Big in Africa, Democracy on the Continent Is Failing, Experts Say
‘Backsliding ... that we haven’t seen in decades, with coups and conflicts and political instability and fraudulent elections in many countries.’
South Africa’s ANC Veterans Walk Away as Key Election Approaches
Former Mandela aide blames failures on the party and not apartheid for crime and millions of South Africans living in shacks and begging in the streets.
Tense Year Ahead for South Africa’s White Farmers
South Africa’s parliament will soon begin to debate a bill designed to put more prime farmland in black hands, in a renewed bid to change the racial imbalance in land ownership as a legacy of colonial rule.
A Big Election Win for South Africa’s ANC, but Results Suggest Future Challenges
On the surface, 2014 appears to represent “business as usual” for the landscape of South Africa’s electoral politics. The African National Congress (ANC) has secured a fifth straight victory in the latest national election.
