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  • Trevor Vusumuzi Ncube, founder of Alpha Media Holdings, in 2017. Courtesy: Naeemcoza
    PoliticsTop storyZimbabwe

    In Zimbabwe, a struggling media is a target for capture

    By Derick Matsengarwodzi
    April 11, 2023
    With elections looming, private media, once staunch critics of the ruling party, are increasingly open to elite persuasion. Harare, Zimbabwe – A recent exposé, ...
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  • In the midst of the violence in northeastern Nigeria, INEC established 61 voting centres as a safer alternative for IDPs in camps in Zamfara to vote. Photo courtesy: Commonwealth Observer Group 2023.
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    How Nigeria avoided organised violence during the 2023 elections

    By Imrana Buba
    April 6, 2023
    Super Camps and military vigilance in the North, and Peter Obi’s candidature in the southeast quelled much potential violence.   In the 2015 presidential elections, ...
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    Burundi’s growing femicide problem

    By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse
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    As authorities turn a blind eye to the growing cases of violence and spousal murder, women’s rights activist are increasingly vocal. The burial of ...
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  • The Congolese National Armed Forces (FARDC) reinforce their positions around Goma following a second day (21 May 2013) of fighting against M23 elements in the town of Mutaho, about 10 km from Goma.
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    Back to the future in the Great Lakes: Who’s backing the M23?

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    In May 2013, the M23 surrendered to a multinational onslaught in eastern Congo-Kinshasa. Is history repeating itself?  The Congolese National Armed Forces (FARDC) reinforce ...
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  • Arrival of refugees from Libya to Rwanda on an UNHCR/AU evacuation flight. Photo courtesy: Rwanda High Commission, London.
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    By Johnston Busingye
    March 29, 2023
    Our detractors have chosen to misconstrue the reasons behind our partnership with London, not least one of our neighbours.  In the years preceding and ...
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  • Former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, observing the Nigerian presidential elections. Photo courtesy: Commonwealth Observer Group
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    Nigeria’s curious voter turnout problem

    By Adebayo Abdulrahman
    March 23, 2023
    Why do Nigerian voters disappear when new technology is introduced at the polling booth?  Four presidential candidates have now filed petitions at the presidential ...
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  • Cyclone Freddy hit Blantyre, Malawi, hard earlier in March, with townships such as Chilobwe and Manja experienced the worst damage with severe mudslides. Credit: UNICEF Malawi/2023/Corporate Media
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    Cyclone Freddy dumped six months’ rain in six days in Malawi

    By Joseph Kayira
    March 23, 2023
    With the death toll rising and homelessness increasing, Malawi, already grappling with a major cholera outbreak, sends out an SOS. More than a week ...
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  • Whether it meant to or not, the IPCC is on a collision course with the capitalist class.
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    The loud part the IPCC said quietly

    By Drew Pendergrass
    March 21, 2023
    You can’t replace fossil fuels with renewables like swapping out a battery. The Global North will also have to drastically reduce its energy use. ...
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  • The scene from the city of Quelimane in Mozambique after Cyclone Freddy struck on 11 March. Credit: UNICEF.
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    “Nobody imagined it would be so intense”: Mozambique after Freddy

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    March 20, 2023
    While Mozambicans count the cost after the deadly Cyclone Freddy, people in Beira continue to wait for support four years after Idai. Tropical Cyclone ...
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    Libya’s captured prosecutor?

    By Khaled Mahmoud
    March 20, 2023
    Attorney-General Al-Siddiq Al-Sour grabs the headlines for his anti-corruption purge, but critics say he’s hostage to shadowy interests. Hardly a day goes by in ...
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