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Uganda: How donors can go beyond “strongly-worded statements”
Mild threats oblivious to how the NRM system actually operates are not enough. The recent violence meted out by the Ugandan government ahead of ... -
Down but not out: Corruption in South Africa and the arrest of ANC’s no. 2
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 ... -
As a Tigrayan, my bond with Ethiopia feels beyond repair
We’re told the war is not with ordinary Tigrayans. Yet as thousands suffer and our compatriots remain silent, that’s how it feels. As a ... -
Africans don’t just live to die. A response to the New York Times.
If reporting on Africa just caters to readers craving a glimpse into the strangeness of how the other half lives, we lose the chance ... -
Museveni and the West. Relationship status: It’s complicated
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 ... -
Tanzania: Remembering ujamaa, the good, the bad and the buried
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 ... -
What the rest of the world can learn from Africa’s protest movements
The extraordinary success of mass mobilisations on the continent stands in striking contrast to their declining effectiveness in the West and beyond. When protests ... -
Anywhere but Kampala: “I’m still in NRM but I cannot clap for bad vices”
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 ...