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African Union pre-election report says Sudan poll environment not free and fair – By James Copnall
An internal African Union report, the conclusion of a pre-election assessment mission to Sudan, concluded that that the polls would not be free and fair. The ... -
Sudan Election Diary: the Lonely Voter – by James Copnall
The great Sudanese painter Rashid Diab has a recurring motif in his work of the last few years: a tableau of several women, depicted by the ... -
Nigeria Elections 2015: What Went Right? – By Antony Goldman
Long before the counting was complete, the inquest at Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign headquarters had begun. How could their candidate in the 28 March Presidential election have ... -
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 ...
