Yearly Archives: 2015
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Why Nigeria’s election really MATTERS – By Richard Dowden
This week’s election in Nigeria is the most important African event of the decade. The “˜Africa Rising’ story can only continue if the continent’s biggest economy ... -
South Sudan: war without end – By Richard Dowden
Last week President Salva Kiir of South Sudan rejected all the main proposals put forward by the African Union to bring peace to Africa’s newest state. ... -
Announcing election period partnership with Centre for Democracy and Development, Abuja
Ahead of the Presidential elections scheduled for March 28, the Centre for Democracy and Development (www.cddwestafrica.org), Abuja, will be setting up an Analysis Centre to aggregate real-time updates ... -
Nigeria 2015: the no choice election – By Adewale Maja-Pearce
I won’t be voting in this year’s election in Nigeria, the fifth since the return of civilian rule in 1999 following many years of the military. ... -
Cí´te d’Ivoire’s victor’s Justice? ICC, the Gbagbos and the Mega-Trial – By Giulia Piccolino
Laurent Gbagbo, former president of Cí´te d’Ivoire, will be the first Head of State ever to appear in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC), when ... -
Nigeria 2015: Too close to call, but postponement drags polls back for PDP – By Joachim MacEbong
The postponement of Nigeria’s presidential elections served more than one single purpose. Apart from the stated reason, which was that it would allow time to improve ... -
Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change – Interview with the authors
Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change, by Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly, is a new book recently published in the African Arguments series. We asked ... -
On Power and Equatorians in South Sudan – By Brian Adeba
One of the consequences of South Sudan’s descent into civil war in December 2013 is the polarisation of the country’s communities along ethnic lines, primarily between ... -
Sudan election events with MSOS, 25th March
Making Sense of the Sudans is holding a half day of events on Sudan’s upcoming election. This consists of a high-level roundtable in the afternoon of ... -
Nigeria Elections 2015: A Different Kind of Politics – By Mark Amaza
Nigeria’s 2015 elections are the country’s most hotly contested since the return to democracy sixteen years ago. For the first time, there is a real chance ...
