PF’s Micheal Sata wins Zambian 2011 presidential election.
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is currently updating the results of the last election, held on September 20. But with 95% of electoral constituencies already scrutinised it is clear that the southern African republic will change its leadership… Continue reading
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Zambia: the Cobra has been throned
Reforming the land, reforming the people
Largely overlooked, land reforms are taking place in many countries of the world periphery. A review of a celebrated book brings the land question back to stage.
Land redistribution can fail: this was the case of the Soviet Union and India. China was a different story, a successful one. In “Fanshen, a Documentary of Revolution … Continue reading
Interview with King Cobra
The Zambian leader Micheal Sata talks about Zambian elections and the role of foreign investments in his country.
In a small office in Central Lusaka, behind piles of documents and folders, I met the would-be next president of Zambia, Michael Sata. A dusty sculpture of a rising cobra stares down on us while Sata, dressed in a colourful kitenge … Continue reading
Motorcycle diaries: a journey on the Pamir Highway
A motorcycle ride from Xinjiang to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. A photographic journey through high altitude deserts, steep mountain passes, nomadic herders, Kalashnikovs and helpful truckers.
I have never ridden a motorbike – something I should have taken into consideration when I decided to buy one in China. But the hostel I was staying in Kashgar … Continue reading
China, environment and civil society
Chinese social organizations are far more complex than usually assumed. See how this would impact the country’s success in tackling its environmental problems.
While the world-acclaimed economic miracle is turning China into one of the leading global polluters and greenhouse-gas emitters, an environmental public sphere is now emerging … Continue reading
Italian politics for dummies
What change did Berlusconi bring to Italian politics, and how is the opposition reacting to his hegemony?
Italy is an example of how the delicate equilibrium between media and power, business and politics, may explode and deprive of meaning the normal functioning of democratic institutions. As such, it is a living warning … Continue reading
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