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  • President Hichilema of Zambia on a visit to the European Parliament in 2022. Credit: European Parliament.
    PoliticsTop storyZambia

    Why is Zambia’s president warning off non-existent coup plotters?

    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    September 15, 2023
    Though baffling to some, Hichilema’s talk of a coup contains two clear messages to two different audiences. On 4 September 2023, Zambia’s President Hakainde ...
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  • ElectionsTop storyZimbabwe

    A Shameful Shambles: An account of Zimbabwe’s elections of August 2023

    By Stephen Chan
    September 13, 2023
    An election observer who has witnessed every Zimbabwean election since independence in 1980, narrates his experience of the 2023 elections. I have been present ...
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  • DiplomacyTanzaniaTop story

    January Makamba and Tanzania’s return from self-isolation

    By Emmanuel John
    September 7, 2023
    What does January Makamba’s appointment to Tanzania’s foreign docket add to President Hassan’s expanding diplomatic chessboard? The late President John Magufuli’s isolationism harmed Tanzania’s ...
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    Somalia: State-building as the elite’s perverse incentive

    By Najib Ahmed
    September 4, 2023
    Facing growing allegations of corruption and nepotism, can the Hassan Sheikh administration win the war against Al Shabaab? Prompting widespread ridicule across the world ...
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    BRICS and Africa: New beginning or false dawn?

    By Nick Westcott
    August 31, 2023
    With 40 countries on the waiting list, Egypt and Ethiopia’s entry into BRICS marks another notch for Beijing’s geopolitical expansion. The decision to expand ...
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  • At eKhenana, there are 109 families on two hectares of land, one of which is dedicated to farming. Each family has a small plot on which a shack is built with recycled materials, with emphasis on open spaces, walkways and even parking spaces. Credit: Nomfundo Xolo.
    ClimatePoliticsSouth AfricaTop story

    The climate future is here, and it looks like this proud commune in S Africa

    By Helen Aadnesgaard
    August 22, 2023
    With solar power, urban farms, and radical grassroots democracy, eKhenana provides an impressive model for a sustainable low-carbon future. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C ...
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  • NigeriaPoliticsTop story

    Tinubu’s cabinet nominees: Renewed hope or recycled tropes?

    By Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
    August 8, 2023
    Tinubu’s cabinet is stacked with political heavyweights: nine ex-governors, several former cabinet ministers and legislators. An indication, perhaps, of growing anxieties about the forthcoming ...
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  • Conflict & CrisisEditor's PicksEthiopiaPolitics

    How years of tension in Amhara boiled to the surface

    By Hone Mandefro
    August 4, 2023
    Deepening suspicions that Abiy was plotting against the Amhara drove the Fano rebellion against Addis Ababa. With the declaration of the state of emergency ...
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  • AlgeriaEditor's PicksPolitics

    Algeria: The Hirak and its aftermath

    By Ilhem Rachidi
    August 1, 2023
    Algerian journalists are on the frontline of an unprecedented wave of state repression against the uprising that toppled former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. On 22 ...
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    Elections

    Africa Elections 2023: All the upcoming votes

    By James Wan
    August 1, 2023
    A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2023.  Last updated: 15 August 2023 How to use ...
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