Politics
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Could President Idriss Deby face a shock in Chad’s elections?
The anger and scale of protests in February were unprecedented. Could this have an effect on the 10 April polls? Weeks of protest in ... -
United and credible: Côte d’Ivoire’s response to the Grand Bassam attacks
In the wake of the deadly Grand Bassam attacks, political rivals stood together and were able to act effectively. The attacks that took place ... -
Namibia’s President Geingob one year on: A for effort, D for performance
Hage Geingob has declared a “war on poverty” but has yet to turn his fine words into action. As Namibians take stock of President ... -
Zanzibar votes again, but what next?
The results from Zanzibar’s election re-run on 20 March are a foregone conclusion. But what happens next is not. Here are 5 possibilities. In the ... -
President Sassou Nguesso prepares for final stage of his constitutional coup: elections in the Republic of Congo
The people may want change, but the government has made sure they won’t get it at the ballot box on 20 March. When citizens of ... -
AAP#11: No, Angola’s President dos Santos will not step down just yet
Just hours after President José Eduardo dos Santos declared his intention to step down in 2018, we sat down with Angolan journalist/activist Rafael Marques ... -
Rwanda isn’t opposed to international justice, it’s opposed to independent justice
Rwanda claims its withdrawal from an African Court declaration just as that court was about to begin Victoire Ingabire’s hearing was pure coincidence. During ... -
Virtual mining in Cameroon: How to make a fortune by failing
Cameroon has a growing portfolio of failed mining projects in which a few well-connected individuals have made millions, all the while the minerals have ... -
How to “not understand” Nigeria
In A New History of a Turbulent Century, Richard Bourne says anyone who claims to understand Nigeria is either deluded or a liar. It’s ... -
Hassan al-Turabi: Sudan’s democrat turned authoritarian (1932-2016)
The core of the Islamist’s ideology can be difficult to pin down, but what united his many conflicting visions was the belief that they could be ...
