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Rwanda’s Twitter-Gate: The Disinformation Campaign of Africa’s Digital President – By Susan Thomson
As Rwanda prepares to mark the twentieth anniversary of the 1994 genocide, it has found itself in an unprecedented diplomatic crisis. The ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front ... -
Kenya’s absent politicians (what I learned in Kisumu) – By Magnus Taylor
I have just spent a couple of days in the Western Kenyan town of Kisumu in Nyanza Province, which sits on the edge of Lake Victoria. ... -
A letter from Yambio, South Sudan – By Aly Verjee
In Yambio, Western Equatoria, South Sudan, life continues, almost as before. The market here does not bustle – ambles would be a more accurate descriptor of ... -
In Rwanda it is economic development that demonstrates government’s respect for human rights – By Dr. Richard Karugarama Lebero
On 7th April, Rwanda marks 20 years since the 1994 genocide. A lot has been written about Rwanda’s journey and, as is to be expected, much ... -
Lagos: from stilt slums to emerging megacity – By Alkasim Abdulkadir
Lagos bustles with abundant energy not simply from dawn not until dusk, but to another dawn again – the cycle never breaks and its residents love ... -
Rwanda and South Africa should not sever relations over Nyamwasa/Karegeya row – Frederick Golooba-Mutebi
Rwanda and South Africa are once again caught up in a diplomatic row. This erupted following reports of an attack by a group of armed men ... -
Is it time for a more serious response to Boko Haram? – R. Bennett Furlow
The conflict between radical Islamists and the government of Nigeria is little noted in the United States compared with the attention paid to that in Somalia, ... -
Congo Masquerade
About the Author Theodore Trefon (PhD Boston University) is a Congo expert specializing in the politics of state-society relations. He has devoted the past 25 years to ... -
Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong
About the Author Morten Jerven teaches at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of Poor Numbers: ... -
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill: looking beyond a single explanation – By Kristof Titeca
Last Friday, a wealthier primary school in the suburbs of Kampala had a special occasion during their Friday Assembly (in which students hold performances): the P2 ...
