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Aaron Ng’ambi

Aaron Ng’ambi is a geopolitical analyst and newspaper columnist, leadership instructor, and a social entrepreneur

US Vice President JD Vance. (Flickr)

JD Vance thinks he is more Catholic than the Pope

In August of 2019, at the age of 35 years old – JD Vance got baptised in Ohio, and became a member of the Roman Catholic Church. The largest christian organization on the planet…

Conditional: Iran has accepted the ceasefire but on certain terms.

Iran only needs to survive this war

There is no doubt that difficult days lie ahead of the global order as we know it since the end of World War II. Clearly, the USA has set a very dangerous precedent in terms of…

In custody: Nicolás Maduro posing with DEA Agents following his capture by the United States.

Venezuela is the US message to China

Nonetheless, the US president has unashamedly admitted that this operation in Venezuela is all about oil

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was the winner of the meeting in Alaska with US President Donald Trump. Photo: File

Ukraine war: Trump’s ambiguity in diplomacy does not work

The US president’s flipflopping does not work when it comes to dealing with any serious situation, and the Russia-Ukraine war is teaching him that lesson

South African billionaire Johann Rupert

Oval Office: Johann Rupert proved himself a stand-up man

As part of the delegation who met US President Donald Trump, the South African billionaire used facts and honesty to speak power to power

Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema

Mr President, the people have not agreed to amend Zambia’s Constitution ahead of the 2026 elections

Hakainde Hichilema knows he needs to scrap the 50+1 clause in the Constitution if he is to be reelected

President Yoweri Museveni has ruled for almost 40 years. Photo: Sumy Sadruni/AFP

Free Kizza Besigye and give democracy in Uganda a chance

The veteran politician was abducted in Kenya, apparently by Ugandan intelligence officers

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema.

Why the UN human rights rapporteur on freedom of expression visited Zambia

Hakainde Hichilema’s government has imprisoned journalists; silenced critics and opposition politicians and censored online criticism

Godrich Gardee at the 3rd National People’s Assembly (NPA) at Nasrec Expo on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

New EFF deputy president Gardee is the right person for the job

A man of action, he has a deep knowledge of the party and of the politics of South Africa

US President elect Donald Trump.   (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP)

The Democratic Party has learned nothing about defeating Trump

The Democrats picked the wrong candidate in Harris who lacked a coherent message that resonated with the people

Obama cannot salvage Michigan for US presidential candidate Kamala Harris

People would be better off voting for Green Party candidate Jill Stein if they want the war in Gaza to stop

António Guterres: European Commission (Christophe Licoppe)

António Guterrers, the man for our time

The secretary general of the United Nations is committed to peace, yet Israel in its war on Gaza and beyond chose to ban him

Talkin’ bout a revolution: The cases of Bangladesh, Kenya and Nigeria

Leaders need to learn to listen and swiftly enter into discussions with the masses, otherwise they will face protests, which can be devastating

The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Manufacturing a presidential candidate: The case of Kamala Harris

The US vice-president needs to come up with a message that resonates with the white middle and working class to win them over in this election

In a bid to secure another term, Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema is controlling the judiciary, tampering with legislation and limiting activities by the opposition ahead of next year’s elections. Photo: Supplied

Hakainde Hichilema’s facade of fighting corruption in Zambia is slipping

The president needs to take a strong line on graft if he is genuine about ending the scandals in which he is allegedly complicit

Saulos Chilima.  (Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

A tribute to Malawi’s Saulos Chilima, the people’s hero

The vice president had great courage, with so much character that his politics was not only an inspiration at home, but echoed throughout East, Central and Southern Africa

Graphic: John McCann

Should money be a ‘form of speech’ in politics?

Permitting political parties to receive donations of unlimited amounts and from undisclosed sources exposes the government and its democratic values to corruption

Students and faculty members march after New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrest students at New York University (NYU) and The New School who are demanding universities divest from Israel. One pro-Palestinian detained by the police during the march. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Is Palestine the new Vietnam for university students in the US?

Young people across America are staging protests on their campuses against US support for Israel’s unjust war against Palestinians

Palestinians who left their homes and took refuge in Rafah try to survive under harsh conditions in makeshift tents they set up in the empty land as Israeli attacks continue on Gaza on April 22, 2024. (Photo by Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Malawi is on the wrong side of history again

The country opened its embassy in Tel Aviv while Israel continues to bomb Gaza

Ousmane Sonko. Photo: @SonkoOfficiel

Ousmane Sonko a rising star in Senegal

The country should allow eligible candidates to contest the presidential election and in so doing uphold its democratic status in the region