Category: Politics

By Derrick Sinjela At a Tobacco Board of Zambia (TBZ) Strategic Plan 2024-2028 meeting in Lusaka, Chairperson Phil Daka said the number of employees is expected to double from 500,000 to an estimated 1,000,000 in the next five years. And TBZ Acting Executive Director Tyndale Kasongole in 2023, Zambia recorded four million kilogrammes of tobacco, the highest in a decade (10 years) as they eye to produce 80 million kilogrammes from 44 million kilogrammes in the next five years. In a speech read by Permanent Secretary Green Mbozi, Agriculture Minister Reuben Mtolo Phiri said the increase in tobacco production will...

The divergent reaction of the international community to military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Guinea highlights a double standard concerning in global governance and diplomatic relations. While rapid convictions and calls for the restoration of democratic order are often heard in response to coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the reaction to the coup in Guinea was remarkably attenuated. Despite the arbitrary arrests and the detention of political figures in Guinea, the international community has largely looked at the actions of the junta. This silence undermines efforts to defend democratic values ​​and human rights, stressing the need...

La réaction divergente de la communauté internationale aux coups d’État militaires au Mali, au Burkina Faso, au Niger et en Guinée met en lumière un double standard préoccupant dans la gouvernance mondiale et les relations diplomatiques. Alors que des condamnations rapides et des appels au rétablissement de l’ordre démocratique sont souvent entendus en réponse aux coups d’État au Mali, au Burkina Faso et au Niger, la réaction au coup d’État en Guinée a été remarquablement atténuée. Malgré les arrestations arbitraires et la détention de personnalités politiques en Guinée, la communauté internationale a largement fermé les yeux sur les actions de...

While the country is going through a tumultuous transition, hopes for a return to constitutional order are fading. The junta leader’s statements about an election year in 2025 raise doubts about the real will to restore democracy. The Republic of Guinea is immersed in a deeply troubled socio-political period, marked by human rights violations and arbitrary arrests of political actors as well as members of civil society. Since the 2021 coup d’état, the transition to a stable constitutional order has proven to be a source of disillusionment for a large majority of citizens, including those who had initially supported the...