"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."
Nigerian environmental and human rights activist Nnimmo Bassey talks to The Africa Report’s Khadija Sharife about Nigeria’s upcoming elections, the prospects for political change and whether Nigeria will go the way of North Africa.
BULIISA - Alice Kazimura’s home stands atop some of the oil reserves that should change her family’s future and that of her country, Uganda, for ever. But no one seems to be talking to her about it.
As Côte d’Ivoire remains in a troubling state of political deadlock, Horace Campbell discusses the increasing militarisation of politics, the history of external interests in the country and broader conditions behind the contested 2010 election.
Cote d’Ivoire’s President Laurent Gbagbo was today declared winner of the presidential election by the Ivorian Constitutional Council, a day after opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara was also declared the victor by Indipendent Electoral Commission.
Votes are being counted in the run-off for Ivory Coast’s first presidential elections in 10 years. Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo faces former Prime minister Alassane Ouattara. Reports of violence and accusations of voter intimidation created an atmosphere of tension and fear.
ABIDJAN – Ivorians preparing for a tense presidential run-off on 28 November are hoping the fragile peace of the first round on 7 November will hold, but fear it could easily crumble as cracks begin to emerge. Having been repeatedly postponed, the long-awaited elections have so far gone relatively smoothly. International observers have broadly praised the conduct of voters and political parties. What about the Ivorian civil society?
Ory Okolloh, the Executive Director of Ushahidi , is from Kenya but currently lives in Johannesburg. Her blog is "outlet for her opinions. While it is primarily focused on Kenya, she reserves to write about whatever she wants."
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist living in Spain, with a background in technology, gender issues and human rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories in our own words.
Native of Cape Town, Sean Jacobs lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches in Manhattan. He obsesses about the relationship between politics and popular culture, but the main rationale for his blog is to comment on what passes for media coverage of the African continent.
Rosebelle Kagumire is an experienced Ugandan Journalist. She won the best Journalist blogger English category at the Panos hosted competition in 2009. Currently she is a student of MA. Media, Conflict and Peace studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica.
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