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  • #EndSARSNigeriaPolitics

    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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  • #EndSARSNigeriaPolitics

    #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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  • African protest movements
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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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  • #EndSARSNigeriaPoliticsTop story

    #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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  • President Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC in Washington, DC, in March 2020. Credit: IMF/Joshua Roberts.
    Congo-KinshasaPoliticsTop story

    DRC: What now that President Tshisekedi has taken control?

    By Stephanie Wolters
    December 15, 2020
    Tshisekedi has liberated himself from his rivals, but it remains to be seen if this will be a victory for the country or just ...
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  • A new Human Rights Watch investigation into the South Sudan National Security Service found widespread instances of abuse.
    PoliticsSouth SudanTop story

    Will South Sudan rein in its notorious National Security Service?

    By Carine Kaneza Nantulya
    December 14, 2020
    The NSS has become a feared agency and a vital tool in the government’s campaign of silencing dissent. We met a young man on ...
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  • south sudan horn of africa President Salva Kiir at the swearing in of South Sudan's transitional government in February 2020. Credit: UN Photo/Isaac Billy.
    EastPoliticsSouth SudanTop story

    South Sudan’s two big foreign policy questions

    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    December 2, 2020
    Amid shifting dynamics in the Horn of Africa, South Sudan finds itself caught in the middle of regional rivalries.  On 28 November, Ethiopian federal ...
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    GhanaPolitics

    “Warning shots”: The steady rise of political violence in Ghana

    By Michael Lieber Cobb & Erik Plänitz
    November 30, 2020
    A combination of mistrust, concerns around fairness of the upcoming 7 December vote, and inequality have contributed to a rise in violence. On 20 ...
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  • In a town in Tigray, Ethiopia. Credit: Rod Waddington.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Why the third layer of Ethiopia’s conflict may be the most worrying

    By Mohammed Girma
    November 26, 2020
    Amid widespread hateful rhetoric, intercommunal mistrust and violence could spiral out of control. The conflict between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigrayan People’s Liberation ...
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