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  • The National Grand Coalition, led by Kandeh Yumkella (pictured), is one of Sierra Leone's new parties challenging in the upcoming elections. Credit: UNIDO/ Gerhard Fally.
    PoliticsSierra Leone

    #SaloneDecides: Will new parties end Sierra Leone’s two-party dominance?

    By Luisa Enria & Jamie Hitchen
    February 28, 2018
    Sierra Leone’s elections have typically been a contest between the APC and SLPP. But now there are new challengers in the running. On 7 ...
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  • Protesters in Togo have been taking the streets in almost weekly marches since August 2017.
    PoliticsTogo

    Togo protests: Will the planned talks go anywhere?

    By Wolali Ahlijah
    February 9, 2018
    Protesters are demanding President Faure Gnassingbé leave power. The ruling party and army are adamant he stays. For Togolese protesters, the 1 February announcement that ...
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  • Credit: George Weah.
    LiberiaPolitics

    Liberia: The best thing George Weah can do with his new powers is give some away

    By Ibrahim Al-bakri Nyei
    January 31, 2018
    President Weah has promised to decentralise power, but the temptation to delay or renege on this commitment now he’s in office will be great.  ...
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  • Credit: Guillaume Colin & Pauline Penot.
    Burkina FasoSociety

    “We’re here to stay”: Vigilante policing spreading across Burkina Faso

    By Bram Posthumus
    January 26, 2018
    In the absence of the state, local armed units have emerged to enforce law and order. They have been welcomed by many, but not ...
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  • Côte d’Ivoire is the world's largest cocoa producer. Credit: Nestlé.
    Côte d'IvoireEconomyGhana

    Côte d’Ivoire: Africa’s fastest growing economy’s bittersweet year

    By Jessica Moody
    December 21, 2017
    Low cocoa prices have compounded some tough economic challenges for Côte d’Ivoire. This April, cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire awoke to find their crops ...
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  • At a banana market in Kenya. Credit: CIAT.
    BeninMalawiSociety

    Africa’s battle against malnutrition can be won. These 4 principles will help.

    By Abdoulaye Bio Tchané & Saulos Klaus Chilima
    December 14, 2017
    A quarter of the world’s malnourished population is in sub-Saharan Africa, but there have been some notable successes.   The battle against malnutrition in Africa ...
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  • The Boko Haram insurgency has led thousands to flee in the Lake Chad region. Credit: Espen Røst / Bistandsaktuel.
    NigeriaPolitics

    Far from defeated: Boko Haram gears up for a deadly Christmas

    By Loke Bisbjerg Nielsen
    December 14, 2017
    Despite claims of their defeat, Islamist fighters have launched numerous attacks on both civilians and military bases in recent weeks. Since 2014, when Boko ...
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  • Credit: Atiku Abubakar.
    NigeriaPolitics

    There Atiku goes: Nigeria’s most ambitious nomad moves home again

    By Lagun Akinloye
    December 7, 2017
    The controversial former vice-president has now switched parties for the fourth time. Could this defection be the decisive one? Following months of speculation, Nigeria’s ...
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  • Nigerian police officers, on rotation as part of the AU police force in Somalia. Credit: AU UN IST/David Mutua.
    NigeriaSociety

    #EndSARS: Why a few reforms won’t fix the world’s worst police force

    By Leighann Spencer
    December 7, 2017
    Nigerians are calling for Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notoriously brutal police unit, to be disbanded. With good reason. Recently ranked as the worst in ...
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  • NigeriaSociety

    Nigerians are making fun of their leaders, but to what end?

    By Shayera Dark
    December 6, 2017
    Nigeria’s satire scene is growing. But most networks are afraid of angering those in power by giving it a bigger platform. This July, as ...
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