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Lies, damned lies and statistics: Poverty reduction Rwandan-style and how the aid community loves it
Rwanda’s latest survey suggests poverty reduced 6%. A more meaningful comparison using the same data suggests it’s actually increased 6%. Some time ago, I ... -
Ethiopia: new cabinet, new plan, new direction?
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has started his second term and the country is embarking on the next phase of its grand development plan. Has anything ... -
Opinion: Edward Lowassa is not Tanzania’s Buhari
Tanzania may well need change, but the incumbent party in the upcoming elections looks more likely to bring in that change than the opposition. ... -
On the campaign trail with Lowassa: “It is my turn to lead Tanzania”
With Edward Lowassa at the helm, Tanzania’s opposition looks set to do better than ever before in the upcoming elections. But could the former PM go ... -
Wangari Maathai was not a good woman. Kenya needs more of them.
That Kenya still doesn’t know what to do with the legacy of Wangari Maathai says more about a country at war with itself than it ... -
Tanzania cannot be allowed to be the new front for state-led Islamophobia
The ruling CCM party has a record of dismissing opposition in Zanzibar as “Islamist”. With tight elections on the horizon, this divisive rhetoric has been ... -
Just when Kenya’s military needs more civilian oversight, a proposed bill calls for less
If the government’s KDF Amendment Bill goes through as planned, Parliament will effectively lose its constitutional oversight of the army. Amidst a growing sense of ... -
Joking Aside: What you may have missed in Tanzania’s elections
Presidential push-ups, a disappearing secretary-general and more promises than you can shake a stick at. Welcome to Tanzania’s election race. “I intend to be ... -
Tanzania gears up for its closest ever elections
October’s elections will see a united opposition, led by a high-profile defector from the ruling party, come up against a strong incumbent party, led by ... -
What we talk about when we talk about change in Eritrea – the case of education
Events in Eritrea are often interpreted in terms of what they mean for the strength of the regime. But this lens can lead us to devalue ingenuity and ...
