Muniini K. Mulera

Sam Nujoma’s legacy

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 10, 20250 comments

I shed tears of joy when Sam Nujoma took the oath of office as President of independent Namibia on March 21, 1990. My tears were a cathartic response to victory against Apartheid, that criminal policy that had enslaved millions of Southern African people in their homelands ...

Syrian strongman flees; Ghanaian democrat concedes

By Muniini K. MuleraDecember 10, 20240 comments

#Syria #Bashar #Assad #Syria #Ghana #Namibia #Netumbo #Nandi #NdaitwahMahama #Bawumia

Photo: Statue of Kwame Nkrumah, Accra, Ghana What a week! Two genuinely democratic elections in Africa. A seismic collapse of a decades’ old family dictatorship in the Middle East. Truth be told, the democratic events a source of immense pleasure for me. The third ...

Namibian democracy not a favour by heroes of anti-colonial struggle

By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 26, 20240 comments

#Namibia #Geingob #Nujoma #Hifikepunye #Pohamba

When Namibians buried their third president on Sunday February 25, they eased our collective sadness with a peaceful, dignified celebration of their journey of democratization as an independent nation. They made us proud as Africans dream of the day when all our presidents and their ...

Hopeful signs of democratization in Africa

By Muniini K. MuleraAugust 22, 20220 comments

Advocates of democracy in Africa have reason to smile. Once again, Senegal had genuine political competition early this month that left President Macky Sall without a parliamentary majority. Neither Sall’s governing coalition nor the opposition was able to win an ...