Outspoken, astute and sometimes controversial, he transcended the role of talk radio host to become a public intellectual.
Madagascar goes to presidential elections in November with its slim prospects of change resting on a judoka.
The crux of the arms-to-Russia allegations relates to the content of the US intelligence reports.
The fluidity of the country’s short-lived coalitions is a major cause of instability in Kenya.
Miscalculations in handling accusations that arms were provided to Russia could cost South Africa dearly.