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Jonathan Fisher is the director of the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham
A study shows that the social messaging platform is both emancipatory and destructive, particularly during election campaigns
The unstable pathway many post-colonial African states followed was facilitated by the way in which European empires undermined democratic elements
Cutting off communication has become a favourite ploy of some of the continent’s Big Men. Ironically, this harms their standing in the long term
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