Now that the battle for the heart of the ANC has been lost and won, the great imponderable is the question: What lies ahead in the road of a Jacob Zuma presidency? Will it be a dynamo or a domino? Pusch Commey explores some answers. More...

Official British documents just seen by New African have confirmed our May 2005 cover story about how Britain rigged Nigeria’s independence elections so that its compliant friends in the North would win power, dominate the country, and serve British interests after independence. “As long as the Federal Government remains dependent, our strategic requirements are constitutionally secure,” one of the documents says. “In the Westminster model, Parliament is the matrix of the Executive. When this model is exported to dependent territories, we are forced in the transitional stages to modify it in the interests of strong and stable government. This we do by rigging the parliament through official majorities, a restricted franchise and so forth,” another document reveals. “In the last resort, we must make sure that the government of Nigeria is strong, even if possibly undemocratic or unjust,” says yet another document. This is an admission that must shame the Mother of Parliaments. Osei Boateng reports. More...

Ghanaians go to the polls on 7 December to elect a new president and a new parliament. President John Kufuor, having served two terms, is giving way to a new man. But who will he be – the ruling NPP’s Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo or the opposition NDC’s Prof John Atta Mills? Femi Akomolafe and Stephen Gyasi report. More...