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Karnataka: A Potentially Historic Election

Karnataka: A Potentially Historic Election

by kaymusonda | May 22, 2023 | Asia, Elections, India, The Commonwealth

By Professor James ManorThe Karnataka election may eventually be seen as a watershed. It has set in motion two potential changes to the fundamentals of that state’s politics. If either or both become lasting realities, the Congress Party stands to benefit. The first,...
Making Sense of the Karnataka State Election

Making Sense of the Karnataka State Election

by kaymusonda | May 22, 2023 | Asia, Elections, India, The Commonwealth

By Professor James ManorAny ruling party in Karnataka can expect to struggle to win re-election. No government has achieved that since 1985. The state’s voters are demanding, sophisticated and impatient. But Basavaraj Bommai’s BJP government faces additional problems....
Namibia: Rhino Poaching almost doubles in 2022 with Etosha hit hard

Namibia: Rhino Poaching almost doubles in 2022 with Etosha hit hard

by kaymusonda | Feb 6, 2023 | Africa, Animal Rights

By Professor Keith Somerville In 2022, 87 rhinos were poached for their horns in Namibia, up a staggering worrying 93% on the figure for 2021, when 45 were killed, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism’s (MEFT) spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda. ...
John Chilembwe: a new statue celebrates Malawi Pan-Africanist the world forgot

John Chilembwe: a new statue celebrates Malawi Pan-Africanist the world forgot

by kaymusonda | Jan 13, 2023 | Africa, The Commonwealth

By Susan Williams (via the The Conversation) Samson Kambalu is a Malawian conceptual artist, writer and academic, whose sculpture Antelope was installed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London in September 2022. The Fourth Plinth was originally designed for...

Kruger National Park’s rhino losses mirror continental African trend

by kaymusonda | Dec 13, 2022 | Africa, South Africa

By Keith Somerville The newly-released annual report by South African National Parks (SANParks) paints a sobering picture of the losses of white rhino in Kruger National Park (KNP), that sadly mirrors a report compiled by the IUCN (International Union for the...
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