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  • South Africa's president with the ruling African National Congress' new leader. Credit: GCIS.
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    Zuma vs. Ramaphosa: South Africa now has two centres of power

    By Roger Southall
    December 19, 2017
    Cyril Ramaphosa may be the new leader of the ruling party, but Jacob Zuma still controls the state. Rumours that President Jacob Zuma has ...
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  • In the last few months, the Sudanese pound has devalued and inflation has soared. Credit: Hans Birger Nilsen.
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    Since removal of sanctions, Sudan’s economy has actually got worse

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  • The Boko Haram insurgency has led thousands to flee in the Lake Chad region. Credit: Espen Røst / Bistandsaktuel.
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    Far from defeated: Boko Haram gears up for a deadly Christmas

    By Loke Bisbjerg Nielsen
    December 14, 2017
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    There Atiku goes: Nigeria’s most ambitious nomad moves home again

    By Lagun Akinloye
    December 7, 2017
    The controversial former vice-president has now switched parties for the fourth time. Could this defection be the decisive one? Following months of speculation, Nigeria’s ...
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    #EndSARS: Why a few reforms won’t fix the world’s worst police force

    By Leighann Spencer
    December 7, 2017
    Nigerians are calling for Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notoriously brutal police unit, to be disbanded. With good reason. Recently ranked as the worst in ...
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    Nigerians are making fun of their leaders, but to what end?

    By Shayera Dark
    December 6, 2017
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  • IPOB supporters protest. Credit: Radio Biafra.
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    Nigeria: Their election boycott fell flat. What now for the Biafra separatists?

    By Festus Iyorah
    November 30, 2017
    The Nigerian government claims the secessionist group IPOB is “dead and gone”. Its supporters beg to differ. When an influential secessionist group called on ...
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  • Are Eritrea's young people saying enough is enough? Credit: David Stanley.
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    Fight not flight: Eritrea’s youth taking matters into their own hands

    By Abraham T. Zere
    November 29, 2017
    The student protest in Asmara last month was rare and unique, but not unprecedented. On the 31 October, Eritrea experienced a rare protest as ...
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    No puppet: President Lourenço stamps his authority on Angola

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    November 21, 2017
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