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    EthiopiaPoliticsSouth SudanTop story

    The one country that could mediate in Ethiopia

    By Matthew LeRiche
    November 23, 2020
    South Sudan is not seen as a threat by any of the warring parties and has close personal relationships with leaders in Addis, Mek’ele, ...
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    For #EndSARS, Nigerian women drew from a rich history of mobilisation

    By Victoria Ikpeme
    November 20, 2020
    And their work will not be erased.  On 4 October, popular online commentator Ozzy Etomi opined on Twitter: “There’ll be some traction to the ...
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  • Burkina Faso elections A refugee camp in northern Burkina Faso. Credit: Pablo Tosco/Oxfam.
    Burkina FasoPoliticsTop story

    Elections will be tricky, but Burkina Faso has an even bigger problem

    By Brian J. Peterson
    November 20, 2020
    The Islamist militant threat constitutes a full-blown insurgency. Jihadist groups control significant territory and have displaced over 1 million people. When Burkina Faso holds ...
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    How Museveni mastered violence to win elections in Uganda

    By Kristof Titeca & Anna Reuss
    November 19, 2020
    Repeated arrests and office raids are part of a strategy designed to project control without overly provoking domestic or international criticism. On 18 November, ...
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  • The Trump US-Sudan deal made Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok look weak and may have emboldened militant and Islamist figures. A new approach could instead support the civilian authorities. Credit: International Hydropower Association.
    PoliticsSudanTop story

    Sudan: Trump’s deal could be disastrous. Biden can fix it.

    By Matthew LeRiche
    November 18, 2020
    Instead of undermining Sudan’s democratic transition and drawing it into regional conflicts, a reconfigured US-Sudan deal could do the opposite.  In the weeks running ...
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  • al-shabaab negotiations Soldiers from the Somali National Army. Credit: AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
    PoliticsSomaliaTop story

    The hard truths of negotiating with al-Shabaab

    By Erica Marsh & Tomas Maule
    November 17, 2020
    Talks with the Islamist militants may be necessary but they won’t be easy. With the US planning to withdraw troops and the African Union ...
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  • Tigray crisis Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Tigray: How Ethiopia reached this crisis point and how it could get out

    By Nick Westcott
    November 13, 2020
    Virtually all Ethiopia’s neighbours and partners are against the conflict in Tigray, but can they stop it? The current crisis in Tigray has not ...
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  • deaths President Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC (right) meeting with his Rwandan counterpart. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    Congo-KinshasaPolitics

    DRC: Rumours abound after series of deaths in the president’s entourage

    By Georges Kasongo Kalumba & Lisa Jené
    November 12, 2020
    From plane crashes to COVID complications, over twenty of President Tshisekedi’s allies died in the course of just one year.  In the course of ...
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  • Bobi Wine arrest presidential elections Uganda
    PoliticsTop storyUganda

    Uganda: If we do not take risks, we risk everything

    By Bobi Wine
    November 11, 2020
    I was arrested and beaten last week for daring to contest the presidential election. This is not a fair fight, but I have no ...
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    How much does it cost to be a politician in Uganda? We found out

    By Emmanuel Kitamirike & Peter Kisaakye
    November 10, 2020
    A new report looks into the expenditure of political candidates and MPs. Here are six key findings. As Uganda’s general elections, scheduled for 14 ...
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