In a clear violation of the constitution regarding the prolonging of one’s term in office, after high-ranking officials were linked to a bribery scandal involving Hondutel, including the man’s own nephew – Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has apparently ventured home to what should be a mixed welcome. Not to rant, but facts are fatcs. Though [...]
Forty years after he first came to power, Colonel Muammar Qadhafi’s rule has rarely looked so secure. In a video opening on the Libyan leader being surrounded by leaders and officials from the African Union’s 53 members, it documents that today Libya will throw a grand parade, celebrating the day he overthrew the Libyan King. [...]
Frederick Chiluba, the former president of Zambia whose government became internationally notorious for corruption during his years in office, was today acquitted on charges of stealing about $500,000 from the state. The trial had dragged on since 2003 because of legal technicalities and the poor health of Mr. Chiluba, who suffers from heart problems. Chiluba was [...]
“The only force that leaders truly fear is their own military. After all, a leader is far more likely to lose power as a result of a coup than in an election” – Paul Collier, Economics Professor at Oxford University Paul Collier has written an insightful piece in the print edition of The Africa Report on [...]
By CFP Founder Robert Amsterdam Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is above reproach for his authoritarianism because he is a model democrat, having won many majority elections.” Perhaps more commonly, you have heard this one: “We cannot dare to speak about human rights violations in Venezuela when Washington [...]
Is it now or never for Zimbabwe? A nation in constant political flux is a nation which I am naturally intrigued to document, and so it is that I have done so almost daily on this blog. In documenting today, I find there is greater potential for corporate investment through greater progression in the Zimbabwean [...]
We’ve written in the past that the African Union (AU) is infamous in its ineffectiveness. The lack of initiatives undertaken towards greater cooperation within the nations that comprise Africa is purely the fault of the board of the AU. Mission statements are made but not followed through. However, while one can base the inadequacy of [...]
Robert Amsterdam’s speech on corporate foreign policy in Helsinki, Finland.
Botswana is one of the most successful governments in Africa, a paramount of civil ordinance, free enterprise and an African nation with a lack of major political risks. Herein lies a unique opportunity for inter-Africa cooperation in infrastructure progression, trade and foreign direct investment. The government of Botswana has reached out to nations throughout Africa, [...]
Financial Times columnist David Pilling has written a truly insightful piece, a report card on Chinese democracy and its progress in lieu of their recent hailing as a global superpower. Today, the Communist party of China’s “knife is sharper and the hemp less knotty: it rules largely through the consent of a population grateful for its [...]
