[wanabidii] It's election season again in Africa, when all lose their heads and policy is thrown out of the window (M&G Africa)

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21 Jan 2015

It's election season again in Africa, when all lose their heads and policy is thrown out of the window   Welcome to 2015, goodbye to 2014! A lot of vote 'buying' is going on, only that it has been reinvented, and works just as well.

Pope announces first African trip, to visit Uganda and Central African Republic   Pontiff said visit to Africa had been delayed by Ebola outbreak.

Africa in 2030: A future of smartphones, drones and digital witchdoctors   Mobile connections in Africa have grown by 44% a year since 2000, the fastest in the world. But tech isn't done with Africa yet

DRC police open fire at anti-Kabila third term protest; Boko Haram let 20 Cameroon hostages go in army chase   Kabila has ruled over the vast and troubled central African country since 2001.

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