New Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan during her swearing-in.
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Hassan, like Magufuli before her, has taken office without her own political base and will also have to contend with revived factional manoeuvring.
The courts have become an integral part of Ghana’s electoral prcess.
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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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Arbitrary detention and torture are both prohibited under local and international laws.
Children in a classroom at a rural school in Kenya.
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There are concerns that the longer girls spend out of school, the more they are at risk of dropping out.
The coronavirus has imposed difficulties on vulnerable workers.
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Ghana’s early lockdown strategy impacted an already vulnerable working class.
Some Nigerian women protest violence against women in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Transnational feminism played a huge role in broadening gender studies in most institutions in Nigeria.
ANC campaigners at voting station in November 2020.
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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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She has been described as compassionate, rational and calm – attributes that are a far departure from her former boss.
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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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Given the ever increasing importance of coordinated management Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt should manage all dams through the Nile Basin Commission.
The Bui Dam was the subject of political contestation during its construction.
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Dam politics have resurfaced in Africa as the continent’s urban population grows.
The graves of the victims of the Sharpeville massacre tell a grim story.
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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.
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Understanding when there will be extreme heat and extreme cold can help people prepare.
Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou.
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Issoufou has failed to strengthen fundamental democratic rights. If anything, the Issoufou era is a textbook case of democratic backsliding.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli played the long political game.
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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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Due to the poor security response of the Nigerian state, insurgency will continue to pose a serious threat to its northeast border communities.
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Nigeria must do more to tackle banditry, terrorism and kidnappings which have led to the closure of some schools in the northern part of the country.