Labelling opposition parties as terrorists is DIRTY POLITICS | Phil Gurski

QUICK HITS 161 - Politics is a nasty business and not for the faint of heart. Still there are rules and some practices should be off base. African governments say that opposition leaders are terrorists to prevent them from running for office. Borealis weighs in on this in today's Quick Hits.

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Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

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Benin’s democratic beacon dims. Politics in Benin and Chad is becoming more alike. That is not good.

Tanzanian oppositionColleagues face terrorrelated charges. Tanzanian opposition leaders say police have arrested key colleagues and charged them with “terrorismrelated offenses” and sealed off areas where a peaceful protest was to begin over last week’s disputed election.

Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina in court on terrorism charges. The man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide has appeared in court at the start of his terrorism trial. Paul Rusesabagina's lawyers have denied the charges against him.