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Africa: A Draft African Charter On ‘Family Values’ Is On the Cards – Why It’s Flawed and Dangerous

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago011 mins

A series of conferences held in Entebbe, Uganda, between 2023 and 2025 have resulted in a draft African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values. The meetings were organised by the Inter-parliamentary Network on African Sovereignty and Values, which organises continental conferences for African legislators and faith-based advocates. Supported by international conservative groups like Family Watch…

Africa: AU Declares Tanzania’s Election Flawed and Undemocratic

eriinfo.com7 months ago09 mins

Nairobi — The African Union (AU) Election Observation Mission has concluded that Tanzania’s October 2025 General Election failed to comply with AU principles, normative frameworks, and international standards for democratic elections, citing legal, institutional, and procedural shortcomings that undermined the integrity of the process. In a Preliminary Statement released on Wednesday, the AU Mission–led by…

Africa: Obasanjo Decries Africa’s Leadership, Overdependence On Aid, Flawed Democracy

eriinfo.com11 months ago06 mins

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has attributed Africa’s stagnation to a combination of poor leadership, endemic corruption, overdependence on foreign aid, and the continent’s adoption of a democratic model ill-suited to its realities. Speaking at the 32nd Annual Meeting of Afreximbank in Abuja on Thursday night, Obasanjo argued that Western liberal democracy, inherited from colonial powers,…