Politics
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Why did Somaliland just suspend cooperation with the UN?
The government may be calling the UN’s bluff, but while it engages in this high stakes contest, many ordinary people are fed up. On ... -
Africa Elections: All the upcoming votes
Last updated: 6 November 2020 How to use the map: the basics This Africa elections map shows you all the upcoming votes. Move ... -
#EndSARS: Not just a name or statistic. The tragedy of Rinji Bala
The widespread protests in Nigeria were motivated by real and often deeply personal experiences of police brutality. Here is one. Before Rinji Uzziel Bala’s ... -
#EndSARS fake news: Is Instagram equipped to police the internet?
Their fact-checking algorithms are not doing a good enough job of identifying what’s fake and what isn’t. The protests in Nigeria have been raging ... -
“We are bound by fear”: Côte d’Ivoire’s messy presidential election
Many citizens have experienced the election process not as an opportunity to express their voice but as a familiar contest among political elites. When ... -
Tanzania’s election results are predictable. What happens next is not
If there were a level playing field, there’s every reason to believe the election would be highly competitive. But that is not the case. ... -
To avoid a repeat of the Mogadishu attack, Somali needs biometrics
I was mayor of Mogadishu in 2017 when it experienced the country’s deadliest ever terrorist attack. The lessons have not yet been learnt. Three ... -
Guinea presidential election: We won and have the receipts to prove it
Candidate Cellou Diallo claims his party has 12,744 copies of results slips that show he won and calls on the electoral commission to show ...
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