african democracies: voting without choosing

The democratic wind of change that blew through the continent in the early nineties seems to be climbing a very stiff hill and, in some countries, it seems to be making some few steps backward. In fact, if ‘politics is less ‘the art of the possible’ and more ‘the art of making possible that which is necessary’ (Cardoso 2001), then, many aspects are still blocking the way towards true democratic politics in many parts of the continent.
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Il Paese, chiamato oggi “la Republique du Cameroun”, nasce dall’unione del Southern Cameroon con il Camerun francofono.
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Political scientists regard the constitution of a nation
as the body of the key rules governing the country.
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For many Cameroonians, the “special significance” of the
past 50 years is overloaded with toil and increasing pauperization.
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Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. ― W.E.B. Du Bois |
AFRICA : QUANDO I TALENTI NON BASTANA
Lo sport, soprattutto il calcio sembra uno dei campi nella globalizzazione in cui l'Africa potrebbe competere con le potenze occidentali a pari livello, e forse anche prendere il sopravvento.
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AFRICA: SPORTS AND POLITICS
Sports, especially football, is a sector
that brings a positive image to the African continent. It is invaluable outlet to present African popular culture and creativity.
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CAMEROON: OPERATION SPARROWHAWK
The Cameroon political barograph seems to be controlled
by the sporadic and, most often, handpicked arrest of senior government
officials.
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DEVELOPMENT: KNOWLEDGE, IDEAS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Much has been written to explain the fact
that humanity is entering a new era were information and communication
is becoming the most precious resource for whosoever intends to follow
the line of progress.
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INTERNATIONAL AID: THE DEBATE
The growing importance of aid in development has fostered
a wide debate among intellectuals, observers, and development
practitioners. The perspectives on aid are many and diverse.
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Despite the bulk of evidence produced by institutions
such as IPCC, many
thinkers, observers, and scholars still sustain that the whole issue of
global warming is a myth.
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