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    Africa Elections 2023: All the upcoming votes

    By African Arguments
    January 20, 2023
    A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in  2023.  Last updated: 20 January 2023 How to use ...
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  • Insecurity ahead of Nigeria's 2023 elections has left no geopolitical zone unaffected. Credit: Atiku Abubakar.
    NigeriaPoliticsTop story

    The insecurity ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections is unprecedented

    By Idayat Hassan
    December 21, 2022
    What will this mean for the running and credibility of the polls? Nigeria’s elections in 2023 will mark 24 years of unbroken democracy, the ...
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  • Instability in the form of protests, riots and insurgencies are rising in Africa, as in the momentous #EndSARS protests in Nigeria in 2020. Credit: Kaizenify.
    PoliticsTop story

    Why Africa’s patronage system is under threat like never before

    By Evan Nachtrieb
    December 19, 2022
    Today’s protesters and insurgents don’t want to greater access to a corrupt and ineffective system. They want to abolish it. Over the last decade, ...
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  • President Hakainde Hichilema visiting the IMF in New York in September 2022. Credit: IMF Photo/Kim Haughton.
    PoliticsTop storyZambia

    Why Zambia’s president is adored abroad but a disappointment at home

    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    December 16, 2022
    Since coming to power in 2021, Hichilema has enthusiastically courted the approval of the West, often at Zambia’s expense. Despite his lack of significant ...
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  • Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga. Credit: MEAphotogallery.
    PoliticsTop storyZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe: Vice-president’s secret plan to be president stays on schedule

    By Simukai Tinhu
    December 16, 2022
    President Mnangagwa was not seriously challenged at the ZANU-PF congress. But neither was the powerful Vice-President Chiwenga. At ZANU-PF’s elective congress this October, delegates ...
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  • Ghana's LGBTQ community feels increasingly fearful after an anti-gay bill was proposed in 2021.
    GhanaPoliticsSocietyTop story

    Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill sparks spike in “legally sanctioned” extortion

    By Ohotuowo Ogbeche
    November 29, 2022
    Since the law was proposed, instances of violence  – including seemingly organised crime – against Ghana’s queer community have increased. Last year, Ghana’s parliament ...
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  • The social justice movement in Kenya includes about 70 centres across the country, including in Mathare, Nairobi. Credit: Ninara.
    KenyaPoliticsTop story

    “A struggle in a struggle”: Patriarchy in Kenya’s social justice movement

    By Lena Anyuolo
    November 9, 2022
    Sexism is depleting activist movements, silencing women’s voices, and leading to burnout. Yet it is hardly spoken about. When Irene Asuwa first found out ...
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  • The peace deal brings hope that two years of devastating war in Ethiopia could be coming to an end. Credit: Rod Waddington.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Who can trust the Ethiopia peace deal?

    By Mohamed Kheir Omer
    November 8, 2022
    While many have celebrated the ceasefire agreement, some prominent Tigrayan groups see it as a surrender.  After two years of devastating war, Ethiopia’s federal ...
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  • A member of MONUSCO, one of the forces in the eastern DRC where the M23 is operating, clears Unexploded Ordnance (UXO). Credit: UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti.
    Congo-KinshasaEditor's PicksPoliticsRwanda

    The return of M23: Is there a way out for the DRC?

    By Stephanie Wolters
    November 1, 2022
    Several international forces are deployed in the eastern Congo, where the Rwanda-backed rebel group continues to seize towns and territory. Last week, Angola’s President ...
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  • Tunisia fake news decree threatens free speech
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTunisia

    Tunisia’s decree won’t stop fake news. It will stop free speech

    By Ines El Jaibi
    October 27, 2022
    President Saied is now threatening another of Tunisia’s hardest won freedoms. Following Tunisia’s revolution in 2011, which heralded uprisings across the Arab world, the ...
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