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  • Voting in Nigeria's previous elections. Credit: US Embassy Nigeria/Idika Onyukwu.
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    Why Nigeria’s battle over the order of the 2019 elections matters

    By Kelechukwu Iruoma
    April 13, 2018
    Lawmakers say they’re advancing democracy by trying to reorder the election sequence. Others say they’re undermining it. As politicians start announcing their candidacies and ...
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  • Grand Inga Dam. Credit: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR.
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    World’s biggest non-existent dam gets bit bigger, bit further from existing

    By François Misser
    April 11, 2018
    The Grand Inga dam could transform the Congo and the continent, if only it didn’t keep getting bogged down. Of all the Democratic Republic ...
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  • At the Huajian shoe factory in the Eastern Industrial Zone, Ethiopia. Credit: UNIDO.
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    How to ensure Africa’s bold free trade area propels industrialisation

    By David Luke & Lily Sommer
    April 10, 2018
    Africa’s industrialisation needs a boost. Implemented correctly, the AfCFTA could provide it. Here’s how. On 21 March, dozens of African countries agreed to establish ...
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  • In Sierra Leone's 2018 elections, opposition leader Julius Maada Bio won a narrow victory. Credit: Direct Relief.
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    The WhatsApp rumours that infused Sierra Leone’s tight election

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    April 10, 2018
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  • Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has been in power since 2015. Credit: GCIS.
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    Zambia’s opposition knows impeachment will fail. So what’s its game?

    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    April 3, 2018
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  • Campaigning in the Nigeria elections in 2015. Credit: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
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    Nigeria’s 2019 elections: The preparations, people and prospects

    By Idayat Hassan
    March 26, 2018
    With less than a year to go, how are preparations going? Who is running? What will be the key issues? It is now less ...
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  • Kale Kayihura had been Inspector General of Police since 2005 before he was dismissed earlier this month.
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    Uganda’s notorious police chief leaves behind a grim legacy

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    March 19, 2018
    Under Kale Kayihura’s 13-year tenure, the police committed widespread and systematic abuses. Many would now like to see him prosecuted. Last week, Uganda experienced ...
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  • A female ex-combatant sews in South Sudan. Credit: UNDP South Sudan/Brian Sokol.
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    South Sudan: Buying off elites to stop fighting won’t work. Here’s what might

    By Daniel Akech Thiong
    March 12, 2018
    Offering warring elites rewards to lay down arms hasn’t worked. The profits of conflict must be removed and the focus shifted to the ground ...
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  • A voter at the polling booth in Sierra Leone's 2012 elections. Credit: Commonwealth Secretariat.
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    What’s at stake in Sierra Leone’s critical elections

    By Fodei Batty
    March 1, 2018
    The ruling APC is resilient, but the main opposition SLPP and newly-minted NGC are launching strong challenges to change Sierra Leone’s direction. On 7 ...
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    #SaloneDecides: Will new parties end Sierra Leone’s two-party dominance?

    By Luisa Enria & Jamie Hitchen
    February 28, 2018
    Sierra Leone’s elections have typically been a contest between the APC and SLPP. But now there are new challengers in the running. On 7 ...
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