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  • What could replace Ethiopia's system of ethnic federalism?
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    Ethiopia: Beyond ethnic federalism

    By Olivia Woldemikael
    December 9, 2019
    The system designed to fuse an unwieldy nation together is now tearing it apart. When the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) ruling coalition ...
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  • President Pierre Nkurunziza (left) has been in power in Burundi since 2005. Credit: PNUD Burundi / Patrice Brizard.
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    Burundi: A president “chosen by God” and those who disagree

    By Paul Mulindwa
    December 4, 2019
    Pierre Nkurunziza continues to tighten his grip ahead of May 2020 elections. Is it too late to stop the crisis deepening? Four years after ...
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    Somalia: President Farmaajo’s stacks the deck to secure a second term

    By Sakariye Cismaan
    November 28, 2019
    With full elections unlikely in 2020, the incumbent is trying to lock down the support of lawmakers who will again select the president. Although ...
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  • Jawar Mohammed meeting with supporters in October 2019. Credit: Jawar Mohammed.
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    Ethiopia must stop hate speech, not free speech

    By Rahma A. Hussein
    November 26, 2019
    Tackling disinformation requires a subtle balance between different sets of values, not vaguely defined punitive laws. On 23 October, the prominent public figure Jawar ...
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  • PoliticsSudan

    Sudan needs a lifeline now

    By Seth Appiah-Mensah
    November 20, 2019
    Now is not the time to wait and see. Sudan’s new government needs the support of its international allies, particularly in Africa, immediately. At ...
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    Africa Insiders: Uganda’s distracting LGBTQ crackdown

    By Africa Insiders
    November 19, 2019
    The essentials: Despite a raft of ludicrous denials, it’s clear that Ugandan officials are cracking down on the country’s LGBTQ community. Following the raid ...
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  • Women listen to a radio election broadcast in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Credit: UNDP.
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    Why Tanzania’s local elections are more important than they might seem

    By Dan Paget
    November 15, 2019
    Tanzania’s local elections are an important prequel to the 2020 national elections – in more ways than one. Last week, Tanzania’s leading opposition parties ...
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  • LibyaRwandaSociety

    Refugees: Rwanda helps hundreds, but thousands more languish in Libya

    By Sophie Neiman
    November 7, 2019
    International policy towards refugees tends to ignore root causes and often makes humanitarian crises worse. In the last month or so, nearly 200 refugees ...
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  • People gather for an open air film screening in Khartoum, Sudan.
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    Charlie Chaplin and the reclaiming of Sudan

    By Samira Sawlani
    November 5, 2019
    Khartoum’s locally-organised open air film screenings epitomise much about Sudan’s ongoing revolution. This article was made possible by the generous “supporter” subscribers of the ...
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  • EastSociety

    From young lovers to old customs: Stunning photographs from East Africa

    By African Arguments
    November 1, 2019
    Stories from East Africa this year have often enraptured the rest of the continent and the world at large. For their scale, shock value, ...
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