Muniini K. Mulera

Botswana’s democratic backsliding need not be fatal

By Muniini K. MuleraSeptember 16, 20240 comments

#Botswana #Seretse #Khama #Masisi #Masire #Mogae

Photo: Botswana Parliament Building in Gaberone ********************************************************* The Republic of Botswana has enjoyed a very high place on the honor roll of Africa’s stable democracies since its independence on September 30, 1966. It has only been second ...

Another African president joins small club of democrats.

By Muniini K. MuleraNovember 20, 20230 comments

#Libera #Weah #Boakai #Mandela #Khama #Mogae #Masire #Mkapa #Mwinyi #Kikwete

Photo: Monrovia, Liberia **** Sixty-five years after the fabled wind of change blew across Africa, genuine democracy remains elusive in most countries in our beloved continent. Democratization efforts of the 1990s retreated to the more comfortable swamps of choreographed rituals ...