Africa: Pohamba Shattered the Jinx

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Many Africa's political analysts had expected the 2015 Mo Ibrahim's prize to go the same way it had gone five years ago, but to their utter disappointments, someone was there working unnoticed for it - his name is Hifikepunye Pohamba, the Namibian president.

In a continent characterized by political highhandedness, criminalization of opposition, enthronement of mediocrity and political impropriety, Pohamba stands out to be a model.

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