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On February 6, 2025, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema held a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Prime Minister's Official Residence/CREDIT: Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Cabinet Secretariat

Zambia’s Problematic Election: The Questions That Won’t Go Away

Nicole Beardsworth1 month ago1 month ago

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Zambia’s Quiet Campaign Masks a Competitive Election

Zambia’s Quiet Campaign Masks a Competitive Election

Nicole Beardsworth2 months ago2 months ago

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On November 25, 2024, Uganda's Defence Force Commander General Muhoozi Kainerugaba met with Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hisayuki Fujii at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building/CREDIT: 外務省.

Has Uganda transitioned to “Muhoozi rule”? How Museveni’s son became the centre of power

Kristof Titeca3 months ago3 months ago

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Nigeria's EndSARS protests/CREDIT: Asokeretope

The Tyrant and the Con in Nigerian Politics

Mohammed Salihu Shaba3 months ago3 months ago

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Kenyan President William Ruto CREDIT: Office of the Deputy President

Political Zoning in Kenya: Elite Strategy or Democratic Erosion?

Darmi Jattani and Oscar Ochieng4 months ago4 months ago

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Patrice Talon at USAID HQ/CREDIT: USAID

The Real Coup in Benin? Succession Without Political Change

David Asante-Darko6 months ago6 months ago

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Mahamudu Bawumia casting a vote

Polling, Prophecy, and Vote Buying: What Ghana’s Primaries Reveal About Democratic Forecasting

Ouborr Kutando7 months ago7 months ago

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Beyond the ballot: Uganda’s elections and the politics of late Musevenism

Beyond the ballot: Uganda’s elections and the politics of late Musevenism

Kristof Titeca10 months ago10 months ago

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Kenya: political control and its contradictions

Parvez Sheikh10 months ago9 months ago

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President Bola Tinubu Official Portrait: CREDIT: Nosa Asemota/Wiki Commons

President Tinubu May Benefit from a Weak Opposition in Nigeria, But his Party Will Not

Dengiyefa Angalapu11 months ago11 months ago

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