Yearly Archives: 2015
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CDD Elections Analysis Centre: Voting Phase of Nigeria Governorship and State House of Assembly Elections
Following the mostly punctual and orderly accreditation of voters, actual voting commenced on schedule across the 36 federal states of the country. Though voting was generally ... -
Kenya must better respect its Somali population to avoid another Garissa – By Mohamed Mubarak
On 1 April, Al-Shabaab gunmen attacked Garissa University College killing 147 Muslims and non-Muslim students alike. The gunmen attempted a feeble show of doing a religious ... -
Sudan Elections 2015: Bashir on the campaign trail – by James Copnall
Not many presidential candidates – certainly not in this very lopsided election – are serenaded into a packed stadium by an 18 piece live band, including ... -
Nigeria: Peaceful election boosts investor confidence in Africa’s largest economy – By Ioannis Mantzikos
A largely peaceful election in which Muhammadu Buhari defeated President Goodluck Jonathan has bolstered investor confidence in Nigeria. Whilst it is widely expected, perhaps unrealistically so, ... -
After Garissa, al-Shabaab is a threat to the whole of East Africa – By Richard Dowden
The first time I saw Uhuru Kenyatta speak was in Addis Ababa at the 2012 World Economic Forum. As he stepped down off the platform, his ... -
Africa’s New Oil
About the Author Celeste Hicks is a freelance journalist who has lived and worked across the Sahel and Somalia, including two years as the BBC correspondent in ... -
Sudan’s Great Depression: mental illness dangerously ignored by country’s health services – By Dr. Mohamed Shawgi
Mental illness has been in the news again with the story of Germanwings Flight 9525 which is thought to have been intentionally crashed in the French ... -
Rwanda: Past Politics and Present Preservation of the Gacaca Files
Rwanda’s gacaca courts are entering a new phase of transformation, from being a controversial mechanism for providing truth and reconciliation for genocide survivors; they are becoming an important part ... -
Big Questions for Big Data and what it can do for African Economic Development – By Morten Jerven
Is your public health information system broken? Not to worry, Google Flu Trends has got it covered. Is your autocrat overstating economic growth? Fear not, true ... -
From One Campaign to the Next: Buhari and the Battle against Boko Haram – By Jacob Zenn
On April 1, Nigeria’s electoral commission announced that Muhammadu Buhari had won Nigeria’s presidential election. This was monumental for the country. For the first time in ...
