Politics
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Frelimo turns to dirty tricks for the 2023 local elections
Haunted by corruption, accused of running down the economy, Frelimo will nevertheless sweep the October elections – whether voters like it or not. Voter ... -
CAR: Touadéra’s third-term plans are pushing CAR to the brink
In his quest to remake the country in his image, President Touadéra has unleashed forces he may not be able to control. Half-way into ... -
Libya, Washington and Khartoum
Washington’s obsession with the Wagner Group is clouding its efforts to contain Russia’s growing influence in Libya and Sudan. In the 12 years since ... -
How Madagascar’s new foreign investment law will perpetuate the colonial dispossession of the people
The new law gives foreign investors equal rights to land as ordinary Malagasy, some who are still demanding the return of ancestral lands seized ... -
Could the jihadis dismantle the Sahelian state?
Beleaguered by a decade of Salafi-jihadist attacks, riven by internal grievances and undermined by the corrupt Francafrique system of clientelism and extraction, are the ... -
Zambia: The president’s five-point plan to stay in power at all costs
Hichilema is desperate to retain power and already has a worrying plan three years ahead of time. Zambia’s next general election is not due ... -
The two defining challenges facing South Africa
Stagnation at home and fence-sitting abroad are costing the country dearly, and the costs are only rising. South Africa is facing two fundamental challenges, ... -
The rebirth of anti-elite land politics in Ruto’s Kenya
If the invasion of the Kenyatta property resurrected the ghosts of Mau Mau, where did it leave the land question in central Kenya? Northlands. ...
