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How Fox News Screwed Republicans

AFRICANGLOBE – Suffering an election hangover after having been told by Fox News that Mitt Romney’s victory was a sure thing (a ” landslide” predicted by Dick Morris), some Republicans have promised to break their addiction to the right-wing news channel in the coming year. Vowing to venture beyond the comforts of the Fox News bubble, strategists insist it’s crucial that the party address its “choir-preaching problem.”

January 4, 2013No CommentRead More

US Sliding Towards Fiscal Cliff

December 28, 2012 No Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – Fiscal Cliff : While much of the country is mired in snowstorms across the nation’s midsection and in Pennsylvania and New England, the nation’s capital is bogged down in Congress’ efforts to avoid skidding off the fiscal cliff.

Jacob Zuma’s Re-Election As ANC President Is a Sad Day for South Africa

December 19, 2012 No Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – While personal congratulations to the winner of an election are always in order, the re-election of Jacob Zuma as President of the ANC is not good news for South Africa. His lack of leadership on any of the major policy questions that we face will continue, as will the corruption and abuse of public resources that has so far characterised his time in office.

John Dramani Mahama Wins Ghana’s Presidential Election

December 10, 2012 No Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – Ghana’s interim President John Dramani Mahama has been declared winner of the weekend presidential elections after garnering 50.7 percent of the vote. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader polled 5,574,761 votes against his nearest rival Nana Akufo- Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who got 5,248,898 representing 47.74 of the ballots cast. [...]

Ghana: No Clear Winner Yet in Presidential Election

December 9, 2012 1 Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – There is no certain winner yet in Ghana’s presidential election even though incumbent President John Dramani Mahama is thought to be in the lead. After three days of what has been touted as a keen contest, several media outlets have the president at a little over 50 per cent of votes in provisional [...]

Why Kenya Owes Africa Peaceful Elections

December 3, 2012 No Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – Although democratic elections in Africa have been problematic due to three obvious obstacles — lack of civic education, poor electoral laws and a culture of ethnic politics — things are not as bad as they might appear. It is true that a great deal has changed in many parts of the continent, but [...]

U.S. Election Causes Surge in Caribbean Property Inquiries

November 28, 2012 1 Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – Based on figures from the CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation, federal taxes will increase by a total of $423 billion in 2013 if the Bush-era tax cuts are allowed to expire. According to the AP, the increase in taxes will be the largest since 1942. In light of this, for those [...]

Why This Recovery is More Jobless for Black Americans Than Others

November 22, 2012 No Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – When pressed about whether or not he feels an obligation to address the crisis of Black unemployment, President Obama has supplied a reliably consistent answer over the past four years: a rising tide lifts all boats. That is to say, he is of the belief that as the economy gets better overall, it [...]