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  • #EndSARSNigeriaPoliticsTop story

    #EndSARS: A new youth party isn’t the right next step. Here’s what is

    By James Ladi Williams
    December 15, 2020
    Young Nigerians have found their voice. Now they must decide carefully how to use it.  This October, thousands of young people took to the ...
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  • President Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC in Washington, DC, in March 2020. Credit: IMF/Joshua Roberts.
    Congo-KinshasaPoliticsTop story

    DRC: What now that President Tshisekedi has taken control?

    By Stephanie Wolters
    December 15, 2020
    Tshisekedi has liberated himself from his rivals, but it remains to be seen if this will be a victory for the country or just ...
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  • A new Human Rights Watch investigation into the South Sudan National Security Service found widespread instances of abuse.
    PoliticsSouth SudanTop story

    Will South Sudan rein in its notorious National Security Service?

    By Carine Kaneza Nantulya
    December 14, 2020
    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 ...
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  • women's association At a market in Kano. Credit: Jonathan Riddell.
    NigeriaSociety

    Their husbands abandoned them in labour. So other women stepped up.

    By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
    December 9, 2020
    Failed by the men in their communities and the broader system, women in Kano have formed an association to support each other. One afternoon ...
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  • President Andry Rajoelina promoting his CVO COVID-19 cure in an interview on France24.
    Covid-19MadagascarTop story

    The dangers of playing politics with COVID-19 cures

    By Sarah L. Bosha & Adam R. Houston
    December 8, 2020
    As treatments for COVID-19 are sought, there also needs to be a stronger stance against promoting unproven medicines. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 ...
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  • KenyaSocietyTop story

    “Here they’re safe”: The girls club that emerged when Kenya’s schools closed

    By Wacera Njagi & Sarah Waiswa
    December 3, 2020
    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 ...
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  • south sudan horn of africa President Salva Kiir at the swearing in of South Sudan's transitional government in February 2020. Credit: UN Photo/Isaac Billy.
    EastPoliticsSouth SudanTop story

    South Sudan’s two big foreign policy questions

    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    December 2, 2020
    Amid shifting dynamics in the Horn of Africa, South Sudan finds itself caught in the middle of regional rivalries.  On 28 November, Ethiopian federal ...
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  • south sudan climate change
    SocietySouth SudanTop story

    South Sudan’s leaders can no longer stand by as climate catastrophe hits

    By Ayak Wel & Garang Achiek Ajak
    December 1, 2020
    The government has so far done little, but there are several steps it can take to deal with the nexus of floods, droughts and ...
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  • ghana election violence Citizens celebrating after a peaceful presidential election in 2008. Credit: Naeema Campbell.
    GhanaPolitics

    “Warning shots”: The steady rise of political violence in Ghana

    By Michael Lieber Cobb & Erik Plänitz
    November 30, 2020
    A combination of mistrust, concerns around fairness of the upcoming 7 December vote, and inequality have contributed to a rise in violence. On 20 ...
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  • In a town in Tigray, Ethiopia. Credit: Rod Waddington.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Why the third layer of Ethiopia’s conflict may be the most worrying

    By Mohammed Girma
    November 26, 2020
    Amid widespread hateful rhetoric, intercommunal mistrust and violence could spiral out of control. The conflict between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigrayan People’s Liberation ...
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