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10 things to watch in Africa in 2016

Rising debt, the ever-growing prominence of social media and a battle for the soul of the ANC are just some of the things Jamie Hitchen and Nick Branson are expecting to see in Africa in the year ahead.
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Tanzania: Division and Derision in the United Republic

The opening of the National Assembly on 17 November follows the inauguration of a new president, John Magufuli. Yet three weeks after Tanzanians went to the polls, Zanzibar is still mired in a political crisis, says Nick Branson.
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Flooding in Freetown: a failure of planning?

In September 2015 floods in Freetown killed seven people and rendered several thousand homeless. Jamie Hitchen explores the systematic failings of city management that exacerbate the problems caused by heavy rainfall.
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Polls apart? Seven parallels between Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania

Some 7,000km and three time zones separate Côte D’Ivoire and Tanzania. As they both go to the polls on 25 October 2015 to elect a new president, Nick Branson suggests seven intriguing commonalities.
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African debt: From boom to distress

There is a new catchphrase for Africa’s economy; “facing headwinds”. Paul Adams revisits Africa’s sovereign bond markets and predicts the return of fiscal conservatism.
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An improbable “liberation” – How Tanzania’s ruling party lost a rural stronghold

Ahead of elections in Tanzania, Michaela Collord suggests that opposition candidates might have success in the Central Zone, traditionally a support base of the ruling party.
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Manifestos for Change? 12 observations on the CCM and Chadema documents

Individual politicians have received much greater attention than the manifestos they are supposed to promoting to Tanzanians. So what do the manifestos of ruling and opposition parties promise? Nick Branson investigates.