The peasantry still provides almost all the resources of the party-state, yet most of the agrarian policy decisions are taken without consultation.
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With the demise of Pierre Nkurunziza, all eyes are on Burundi’s new president as he inherits a political framework that has repressed press freedom and silenced independent media voices.
The former president’s complex legacy has often been marred by violence.
The sudden death of Burundi’s former president, Pierre Nkurunziza, marks the end of a long reign, characterised by violent political crises.
Will President Pierre Nkurunziza peacefully relinquish office after the May poll?
If the referendum goes President Pierre Nkrunziza’s way, it will also be a further blow to ordinary Burundians, who live in a state of hardship and adversity.
Magufuli’s visit to Kenya reaffirms Tanzania as a leading regional actor. But it is also clearly designed to reset bilateral relations with Kenya which have been at best lukewarm on his watch
The competition between the two authoritarian regimes has become a fact that, given the regional context, is here to last. It justifies repression and indefinitely postpones democratic expression.
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André Guichaoua is a Friend of The Conversation.Professeur des universités, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Director of the Centre for Global Development and Professor in the School of Education, University of Aberdeen
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Reader in International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London
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Senior Researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), The Nordic Africa Institute
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Associated senior researcher, Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI); and Head of Research, Senior Researcher Peace and Conflict Research (Folke Bernadotte Academy), Uppsala University
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