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  • GhanaPolitics

    What’s at stake in Ghana’s too close to call election?

    By Nelson Oppong
    December 6, 2016
    Pollsters disagree on who will win in a presidential race that has been more about personalities than policy. Ghanaians head to the polls tomorrow, ...
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  • NigeriaPolitics

    Shell tries to dodge responsibility for Nigeria oil spills…again

    By Joe Westby
    November 25, 2016
    The oil company is back in the UK courts trying to shift the blame for the environmental destruction wrought in the Niger Delta. At a ...
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  • GhanaPolitics

    Courting controversies: Ghana’s Electoral Commission under fire ahead of close elections

    By Nana Yaa Mensah
    October 31, 2016
    Four years after disputed elections, things are again not going smoothly for Ghana’s electoral body. With the political temperature in Ghana rising ahead of ...
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  • GuineaPolitics

    Guinea’s anti-government rally: 500,000 protesters, 1 stray bullet

    By Joschka Philipps
    August 19, 2016
    What was behind the mass opposition rally in Conakry? Thierno Hamidou Diallo, may he rest in peace, was fatally shot on 16 August 2016. He ...
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  • NigeriaPolitics

    What led IS to announce a new Boko Haram leader? Here are two clues from its communications.

    By Omar S. Mahmood
    August 5, 2016
    Two months ago, Islamic State changed its messaging strategy towards Boko Haram. The recent “leadership change” seems to be part of this plan. The recent claim ...
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  • NigeriaPolitics

    Nigeria: The shattering of the Buhari mythology

    By Moses E. Ochonu
    August 4, 2016
    The reality of leadership has exploded the illusion of Buhari’s messianic abilities and exposed him as a prisoner of power – in other words, as just ...
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  • PoliticsSenegal

    Senegal: Why did President Sall pardon a rival convicted of embezzling over $200 million?

    By Alpha Kamara
    July 26, 2016
    Karim Wade (aka “The Minister of Earth and Skies” and “Mr 15%”) is the influential son of the former president and could run against Macky ...
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  • PoliticsSão Tomé and Príncipe

    Everything you need to know about São Tomé and Príncipe’s presidential elections

    By Gerhard Seibert
    July 14, 2016
    Voters go to the ballots this Sunday. Can the incumbent hold on to the presidency? On 17 July, the small island nation of São ...
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  • LiberiaPolitics

    The UN had to go, but is Liberia ready to keep its own peace?

    By Robtel Neajai Pailey & Thomas Jaye
    July 13, 2016
    With thousands of UN peacekeepers leaving Liberia after 13 years, the country could be facing the most important transition in its history. Liberia has ...
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  • NigeriaPolitics

    Not much magic: Nigeria’s Buhari completes his first year in office

    By Lagun Akinloye
    May 31, 2016
    After a mixed start, the hope and goodwill on which Buhari was elected a year ago is starting to run low One year after Muhammadu ...
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