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Author: James Wan

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James Wan

James Wan is the editor of African Arguments. He is an elected member of the African Studies Association-UK council and a fellow of the Wits University China-Africa Reporting Project. He is the former Acting Editor of African Business Magazine and Senior Editor at Think Africa Press. He has written for Aljazeera, New Humanitarian, BBC, The Guardian (UK) and other outlets.

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    PoliticsZambia
    By James Wan
    June 9, 2021
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    HH: “Zambians want change…We don’t count how many times we run”

    An interview with Zambia’s opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema on why Zambians should vote for him at a sixth time of asking. When Zambians go to the ...
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    February 21, 2020
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    BP praised for ambition to destroy Africa but potentially a bit slower

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  • Frelimo won big in the 2019 Mozambique elections. Credit: James Wan.
    MozambiquePolitics
    By James Wan
    November 14, 2019
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    Mozambique: An unexpected landslide, an expected crisis

    Following its big election victory, Frelimo will continue to consolidate political and economic power to the detriment of most. On 15 October as Mozambique voted in ...
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    By James Wan
    November 6, 2019
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    If you believe you are a citizen of the world…

    What’s remarkable today is not that identities are becoming more fluid and borderless, but that they ever became fixed and bordered. As a member of an ...
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  • Martin Fayulu on the campaign trail in December 2018. Credit: Martin Fayulu.
    Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By James Wan
    April 16, 2019
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    “One day Congo will explode”: What now for the DRC’s “president-elect”?

    Martin Fayulu is widely believed to have been the true victor of the DRC’s 2018 elections, but is not president. We spoke to him about his ...
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  • Human rights defender and women's rights activist Meaza Ashenafi became President of Ethiopia's Supreme Court in November 2018. Credit: Papillon pierre.
    EthiopiaSociety
    By James Wan
    April 9, 2019
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    Ethiopia’s first female Chief Justice: “Women shouldn’t be silent victims”

    Meaza Ashenafi was appointed President of Ethiopia’s Supreme Court in November 2018. How is she faring? As Meaza Ashenafi was introduced to the stage at the ...
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  • Nigeria's Minister for Information and Culture Lai Mohammed.
    NigeriaPolitics
    By James Wan
    June 26, 2018
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    Nigeria’s grand plan to stop fake news in 2019? Fight fire with fire.

    Information Minister Lai Mohammed defends the government’s record, talks up Buhari’s 2019 chances, and discusses the challenge of misinformation. The words typically used to describe Lai ...
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  • Earlier this month, think tanks from around Africa discussed challenges at the Africa Think Tank conference, organised by the OCP Policy Center and Think Tank and Civil Societies Program of the University of Pennsylvania. Credit: OCP.
    Editor's PicksSociety
    By James Wan
    May 29, 2018
    4134
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    “Do we really need them?” Four big challenges facing African think tanks

    The need for think tanks’ well-evidenced research is greater than ever today, but many are fighting – some to get heard, others just to survive. Today’s world ...
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  • Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo continues to wield significant influence in Nigeria. Credit: Friends of Europe.
    Editor's PicksNigeriaPolitics
    By James Wan
    September 28, 2017
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    An interview with Olusegun Obasanjo: Up close and a little too personal

    Nigeria’s former president on Buhari, Biafra and bloody idiots. As the lift in his luxury London hotel rushes upwards to the 11th floor, Olusegun Obasanjo squeezes ...
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  • Moïse Katumbi (left) with Zeinab Badawi (right) speaking at an Africa All Party Parliamentary event in the UK. Credit: Sheila Ruiz.
    Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By James Wan
    July 17, 2017
    11544
    0

    An interview with Moïse Katumbi, DR Congo’s would-be president

    “The same people who betrayed Mobutu are now with Kabila, telling him he’s God, telling him he’s whatever. It’s bullshit.” For a man many see as ...
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