Michaela Collord

What strategies do authoritarian leaders use to control their parties? And why do they so often fail? Michaela Collord casts the spotlight on Yoweri Museveni...

Uganda's recently enacted, Excise Duty Amendment Act (2018) imposes a range of new tax measures, including a tax on the use of social media....

Michaela point to ways in which Magufuli’s economic strategy supports the consolidation of the President’s own, quite fragile political base. Michaela is a DPhil candidate...

Will President Museveni's determination to remain in power indefinitely destabilise the ruling party? Or will it be business as usual? Michaela Collord investigates. *** NRM MPs...

Michaela Collord analyses President Museveni's efforts to remove the constitutional age limit so that he can stand for office once again at the next...

Michaela Collord takes a look at the impact of President Magufuli's populist policies in Tanzania, after a special presidential committed issued a report alleging that...

Is President Museveni's anti-corruption crusade in reality just an attempt to protect insider interests? And why has the president stopped "joking around"? Michaela Collord...

Michaela Collord analyses recent developments in South Africa and considers the prospects for President Zuma as part of a regular blog for the Presidential...

Michaela Collord investigates recent goings on in Tanzania, and asks whether there is evidence that the legislature is becoming more willing to stand up...

This has been a tumultuous year for Ugandan President Museveni. In her regular column on Presidential Power, Michaela Collord casts the spotlight on Museveni as he...