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    The ‘Real Politics’ of Taxation in Post-Revolutionary Sudan

    By Matthew Benson Raga Makawi
    January 13, 2021
    Real politics of taxation in Sudan
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    What Compensation, to Whom, and Why?

    By Toendepi Shonhe
    December 22, 2020
    Zimbabwe Now: Post-Coup, Mid-Covid series
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    Do as I Do, Not as I Say: Unpacking the False Premises of the GERD Negotiations

    By Harry Verhoeven
    December 10, 2020
    GERD Series - introductory blog
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    Zimbabwe: Deepening Authoritarianism, Dissipating Alternatives

    By Brian Raftopoulos
    December 1, 2020
    The Series: Zimbabwe Now: Post-Coup, Mid-Covid
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    Zimbabwe Now: Post-Coup, Mid-Covid; Continuing Crises, Corruption, and Confusion

    By David Moore
    November 24, 2020
    The Series: Zimbabwe Now: Post-Coup, Mid-Covid
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    Emancipating the Humanitarian System in Africa: A Conversation with Degan Ali

    By African Arguments
    September 1, 2020
    Emancipating the Humanitarian System in Africa
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    People’s Science and Translocality in South Africa

    By Leslie Bank
    June 15, 2020
    Can failure to take account of social embeddedness of economics account for the mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic?
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    Covid-19, the Working Class and the Poor in South Africa

    By Ncumisa Willie Faisal Garba
    June 12, 2020
    South Africa’s racial capitalism has consumed numerous Black working class lives.
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    من على البعد: دروس مفيدة من تجارب العون في الصومال والسودان لأزمة كوفيد-19*

    By Susanne Jaspars
    May 26, 2020
    Going Remote: Learning from Aid Practices in Somalia and Sudan for the Covid-19 Crisis
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    The Dangers of Covid-20: South Sudan’s Political Dilemma

    By Joshua Craze Naomi Pendle
    May 14, 2020
    Covid-19 presents opportunities to authoritarian governments throughout Africa to extend their control of society. The same is true in South Sudan
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