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Tanzania: From Democracy to Autocracy?

Zitto Kabwe, party leader of ACT-Wazalendo and the Member of Parliament for Kigoma Urban constituency, argues that while the United Republic of Tanzania is a youthful and dynamic nation, beneath the surface not all is well.
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The World Weekly, 3 February 2017

Nick Branson, Senior Researcher, was quoted by The World Weekly on the factors which promoted ECOWAS to intervene in support of a political transition in The Gambia.
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Quartz Africa, 27 January 2017

Some of our speakers to our webinar hosted with Zitamar News were quoted in Quartz Africa's article on Mozambique's debt.
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Uganda’s economy: 31 years of moving in circles

Ramathan Ggoobi argues that has the NRM failed to deliver on its 1986 promise of an "independent, integrated and self-sustaining national economy".
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Africa’s problem is planning, not implementation!

Are Africans born deficient of an “implementation gene”? Of course not; Africans can implement as well as everyone else.
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2017: Elections in Africa

At least 6 sub-Saharan African nations are due to hold presidential or parliamentary elections in 2017. Check out the expert briefings, articles and other material on our interactive elections resource.
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The view from Osun state

Whilst Governor Rauf Aregbesola appears more focused on erecting “legacy” structures, public workers are not paid their salaries and retired public servants are not getting their pensions.
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“Those useless civil servants”

Dr Joe Abah, Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, argues that Nigeria's civil service will start to improve the day we want it to improve.
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Radio France International, 16 January 2017

ARI Senior Researcher, Nick Branson, explained how the appointment of a new vice-president disrupted existing power dynamics in Côte d’Ivoire, prompting agitation by former rebel commanders.