Francois Bozize re-elected president of the Central African Republic
BANGUI, February 2, 2011 (AFP) – Francois Bozize has been re-elected president of the Central African Republic, according to provisional results released by the electoral commission on Tuesday. The commission said Bozize received 66.08 percent of the vote in the January 23 poll, the outcome of which has already been rejected by three of the five [...]
Central African Republic votes for a new president
BANGUI, January 21, 2011 (AFP) – The destitute Central African Republic votes for a new president and parliament on Sunday with peace the prize for a resource-rich country undercut by years of instability and rebellion. Incumbent Francois Bozize is tipped to be the favourite pick of the 1.8 million eligible voters, with a rival he toppled [...]
“Indefinite” Presidency means embracing oddities
As Botswana and Mauritius, countries with Africa’s best development indicators demonstrate, reveal one of the ways of diagnosing Africa’s development is how the respective states’ elites think. That’s whether their thinking is deep enough to consider the global prosperity ideals, local traditions, history, experiences, the current African development climate and the pressing material wants on [...]
