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    Uganda: How donors can go beyond “strongly-worded statements”

    By Michael Mutyaba
    January 13, 2021
    Mild threats oblivious to how the NRM system actually operates are not enough. The recent violence meted out by the Ugandan government ahead of ...
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  • ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule (third from left) at at the 40th commemoration of Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu. Credit: : GCIS. south africa corruption
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    Down but not out: Corruption in South Africa and the arrest of ANC’s no. 2

    By James Hamill
    January 12, 2021
    If convicted, Ace Magashule’s political career could be over. If acquitted, he could become politically indestructible. It is tempting to view the arrest warrant ...
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    Eritrea in the Tigray war: What we know and why it might backfire

    By Martin Plaut
    January 8, 2021
    The war against the TPLF will not be quick or easy, and it already looks to be going badly for Eritrea’s president. There is ...
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    Museveni and the West. Relationship status: It’s complicated

    By Kristof Titeca & Anna Reuss
    January 7, 2021
    President Museveni decries foreign interference yet plays to Western donors. Donors warn of Ugandan corruption yet facilitate it. Over the last few months, Uganda’s ...
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    Tanzania: Remembering ujamaa, the good, the bad and the buried

    By Jaclynn Ashly
    December 17, 2020
    Julius Nyerere and his African socialist policies are regarded with great pride in Tanzania, but not by all who experienced them first-hand. Ali Hassan ...
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    The Nigerian government is burying its atrocities by attacking free press

    By Adewumi Emoruwa
    December 17, 2020
    The press has remained resilient during the #EndSARS protests, but these hostilities have to end for the sake of the country’s democracy. For two ...
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    #EndSARS: It’s time for the diaspora to pick up the shift

    By Temi Ibirogba and Morufat Bello
    December 16, 2020
    What the Nigerian diaspora can do to maintain #EndSARS’ momentum and get justice for victims of police brutality. When Nigerians began protesting against police ...
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    What the rest of the world can learn from Africa’s protest movements

    By Alison Faupel & Andrew Wojtanik
    December 16, 2020
    The extraordinary success of mass mobilisations on the continent stands in striking contrast to their declining effectiveness in the West and beyond. When protests ...
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  • Uganda elections 2021
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    Anywhere but Kampala: “I’m still in NRM but I cannot clap for bad vices”

    By Liam Taylor & Michael Woniala
    December 16, 2020
    Is the opposition making inroads in Uganda’s Eastern region ahead of the 2021 elections? We took the political temperature in three different places. High ...
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    #EndSARS: A new youth party isn’t the right next step. Here’s what is

    By James Ladi Williams
    December 15, 2020
    Young Nigerians have found their voice. Now they must decide carefully how to use it.  This October, thousands of young people took to the ...
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