Mixed Reactions As Constitional Change Paves Way For Abdelaziz Bouteflika to join Club of Life Presidents By Ajong Mbapndah L Opposition parties in the North African country of Algeria have lashed out at a constitutional amendment taking off presidential term limits describing it as a ploy to enable current leader Abdelazziz Bouteflika enjoy a life […]

Former Congolese Ambassador to the USA Sees International Conspiracy in Congolese Crisis -Lashes out at International Community for not doing enough to stop Balkanization and Genocide in the DRC By Ajong Mbapndah L Ousted by a rebellion in 1997, late President Mobutu was often quoted as saying that after him there will be no Zaire. […]

For Arresting Anti Corruption Crusaders Gabon’s Omar Bongo under Fire from US Congress By Laurean Ajong Mbapndah, Washington DC A day after President Barack Obama used the occasion of his inauguration to send what observers thought was a grim message to sit tight leaders, Gabonese President Omar Bongo has come under fire from the United […]

Thabo Mbeki’s Resignation and the Changing Face of Leadership in Africa By Ajong Mbapndah L* It was predicted by some newspapers but few thought it feasible that President Thabo Mbeki will be forced to resign from office by his party, the ruling African National Congress-ANC.To doubting Thomas’s, the rarity of such a precedence in African […]

1. Paul Biya: Anatomy of a Rare Brand of Leadership in Africa By Ajong Mbapndah L For a leader who rarely grants interviews especially in Cameroon where he has served as President since 1982, Paul Biya’s October 29th 2007 outing on the French TV Channel France 24 was expected to address a number of burning […]

Omar Bongo the President of Gabon, who is on record as the world’s longest serving leader since the retirement of Cuba’s Fidel Castro had some of his accounts in France freezed at the the behest of the French judiciary. A French court in the city of Bordeaux ordered Bongo’s accounts to be forfeited in payment […]