Electoral disputes and petitions are becoming a prominent feature of the electoral process.
A patrol car of the Ugandan police is seen stationed outside the headquarters of the Uganda oppposition party National Unity Platform (NUP) on January 20, 2021.
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The existing electoral system has attracted extensive criticism for rendering elected representatives unaccountable to those who elected them.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan inspects a military parade following her swearing-in as the country’s first female president on March 19, 2021 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Women and girls are forced to spend hours each day hauling water for their households. Beyond harming both physical and mental health, this takes time away from economic activities and caregiving.
Cairo downtown panorama, view on the Nile and bridges, Egypt.
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The low levels of familiarity with key historical events indicate that there are serious shortcomings in the development of national collective memory in South Africa.
President John Magufuli of Tanzania passed away at the age of 61. His government had played down the existence of COVID-19.
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The president leaves behind a legacy of extremes, on the one hand, a leader who wanted to create a better country for his people, and on the other, a ruthless authoritarian.
An aerial shot of The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir filling up. Taken in 2020.
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Nile communities carefully monitored and recorded the river’s flow. Centuries later these records are still being used by water resource managers around the world to analyse unpredictable river flows.
He came into office with a reputation for making broken systems work, but as he began his second presidential term John Magufuli became known as a ruthless and ambitious authoritarian.
Hundreds of Namibians protested against growing gender-based violence in October 2020. The Afrikaans wording on the placard says ‘We are tired’.
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The legitimacy of SWAPO, the former liberation movement that has governed since 1990, has been eroded amid growing corruption and a deepening economic crisis.
Nigerian security personnel inspect the site of a blast at Nyanya bus station in the outskirts of Abuja
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