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The disappearance of half a million young people from Rwanda’s stats
Analysis of Rwanda’s survey data reveals interesting findings about the country’s youth, including a mysterious anomaly. For many years, both the Rwandan government and ... -
Uganda: How donors can go beyond “strongly-worded statements”
Mild threats oblivious to how the NRM system actually operates are not enough. The recent violence meted out by the Ugandan government ahead of ... -
As a Tigrayan, my bond with Ethiopia feels beyond repair
We’re told the war is not with ordinary Tigrayans. Yet as thousands suffer and our compatriots remain silent, that’s how it feels. As a ... -
Eritrea in the Tigray war: What we know and why it might backfire
The war against the TPLF will not be quick or easy, and it already looks to be going badly for Eritrea’s president. There is ... -
Museveni and the West. Relationship status: It’s complicated
President Museveni decries foreign interference yet plays to Western donors. Donors warn of Ugandan corruption yet facilitate it. Over the last few months, Uganda’s ... -
Tanzania: Remembering ujamaa, the good, the bad and the buried
Julius Nyerere and his African socialist policies are regarded with great pride in Tanzania, but not by all who experienced them first-hand. Ali Hassan ... -
Anywhere but Kampala: “I’m still in NRM but I cannot clap for bad vices”
Is the opposition making inroads in Uganda’s Eastern region ahead of the 2021 elections? We took the political temperature in three different places. High ... -
Will South Sudan rein in its notorious National Security Service?
The NSS has become a feared agency and a vital tool in the government’s campaign of silencing dissent. We met a young man on ... -
“Here they’re safe”: The girls club that emerged when Kenya’s schools closed
When Kenya’s school closed, many children were left more vulnerable. Some local volunteers took it upon themselves to step in. On the first floor ... -
South Sudan’s two big foreign policy questions
Amid shifting dynamics in the Horn of Africa, South Sudan finds itself caught in the middle of regional rivalries. On 28 November, Ethiopian federal ...
