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  • Uganda abductions, One of Bobi Wines supporters being seized by security forces in Uganda in January 2021. Credit: NUP.
    PoliticsTop storyUganda

    I was abducted by Museveni’s regime. This is what I saw.

    By Nangayi Guyson
    April 15, 2021
    Hundreds of people have been seized by Ugandan security forces in recent months. Some re-emerge. Others don’t. For the last few years in Uganda, ...
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  • President Denis Sassou Nguesso won the 2021 elections to secure another term.
    Congo-BrazzavillePoliticsTop story

    Congo: Sassou Nguesso wins another term but still faces two big threats

    By Brett L. Carter
    April 13, 2021
    Managing elections through violence is one thing. Managing a handover of power to a family member is another. On 21 March, the Republic of ...
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  • central african republic us: Several foreign partners are involved in the CAR, from the UN to Russia and France, but few have the perceived neutrality to intervene diplomatically. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
    Central African RepublicPoliticsTop story

    Why the Central African Republic and the US might need each other

    By Gervais Lakosso, Alexandra Lamarche & John Lechner
    April 7, 2021
    The US has the neutrality and influence to mediate in the CAR. It would also be a chance for Biden to show that diplomacy ...
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  • elections: President Idriss Déby of Chad has been in power since 1990. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    CentralChadPoliticsTop story

    Chad elections: President Déby seeks a sixth term in a region for old men

    By David Kode
    April 7, 2021
    Central Africa boasts many of the world’s longest-standing authoritarian rulers. But protests are growing. In a familiar pattern than continues to be repeated, President ...
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  • africa elections 2021
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    Africa Elections 2021: All the upcoming votes

    By Africa Insiders
    April 1, 2021
    A regularly updated list of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2021.  Last updated: 6 April 2021 How to use the map This ...
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  • ISIS-DRC US sanctions against ADF come as US military advisers and the UN peacekeeping MONUSCO show renewed interest in supporting Congolese forces FARDC in conducting operations against the ADF. Credit: MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti.
    Congo-KinshasaPoliticsTop story

    The US has placed sanctions on ISIS-DRC, but does the group even exist?

    By Robert Flummerfelt & Judith Verweijen
    March 31, 2021
    In recent interviews with detained ADF rebels, some hadn’t even heard of ISIS. On 10 March, the US Department of State designated a rebel ...
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  • Tigray investigation; Security officers at a UN flag raising ceremony in Addis Ababa. Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Zerihun Sewunet.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Why the Tigray investigation should be conducted by the UN, alone

    By Goitom Gebreluel & Mulu Beyene
    March 25, 2021
    Any probe into war crimes that involves the AU or the government’s own human rights commission stands little chance of being effective. Since 4 ...
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  • Tigray Ethiopia An Oromo protest in the US in 2007. Credit: oromia movies.
    EthiopiaPolitics

    Ethiopia: The wider battle of which the Tigray war is just a part

    By Etana H. Dinka
    March 24, 2021
    Underlying many of Ethiopia’s conflicts and political confrontations is a disagreement over the future of the nation. Nearly five months since the war in ...
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  • President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania died on 17 March 2021, aged 61. Credit: Paul Kagame. death
    PoliticsTanzaniaTop story

    Dear John, I forgive you

    By Elsie Eyakuze
    March 23, 2021
    Death has robbed us of the leader you might have become if our prayers had been answered. Dear John, Do you remember the first ...
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  • tigray talks Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia is known as having strong convictions but also being pragmatic. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Ethiopia: PM Abiy’s three big challenges

    By Nick Westcott
    March 16, 2021
    Abiy is known to have strong convictions but also for having a pragmatic streak. To find a path to peace, he will need both.  ...
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  • elections: President Idriss Déby of Chad has been in power since 1990. Credit: Paul Kagame.

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    Congo: Sassou Nguesso wins another term but still faces two big threats

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