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ABDUCTIONS

Road to Tanzania’s presidential election paved with blood and fear

In recent months, there has been a spate of abductions, assaults, arrests and murders, the victims all being opponents or critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government

  • Correspondent
5 min read
Backer: Supporters of Macky Sall stage a demonstration in Dakar in support of the president against the harsh criticisms by civil society groups and opposition parties. Photo: Cem Ozdel/Getty Images
AAR SUNU ELECTION

Senegal president pursues talks for new election date

Senegal’s Macky Sall has said what happens between his leaving office and the presidential election will also be discussed

  • Agence France Presse
3 min read
Delay: Supporters of opposition presidential candidates protest at the Saint-Lazare intersection in Dakar after the postponement of Senegal’s 25 February presidential election. Photo: Cem Ozdel/Getty Images
PASTEF

Senegal crisis dents democracy and business, say Dakar residents

The West African country is now in the grip of its worst crisis in decades after President Macky Sall announced a delay to elections

  • Malick Rokhy
3 min read
Celebrity charisma: Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine. Photo: Sumy Sadurni/AFP
BOBI WINE

Uganda: Bobi Wine’s crisis of confidence

Ugandan opposition leader’s popularity frightened Museveni into even greater autocracy

  • Simon Allison
  • The Continent
5 min read
Protesters at a rally in Lilongwe in January gathered to denounce alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of Malawian President Peter Mutharika. Photo: Amos Gumulira/AFP
BEN HLATSHWAYO

Judgments and jurisprudence: Presiding over presidential petitions in Africa

The verdicts handed down in Kenya and Malawi set a precedent that the quality of an election and the environment in which the election is held do matter and have a bearing on the…

  • O’Brien Kaaba
8 min read
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CNN

Khaya Sithole: Trump’s mantra of ‘fake news’ harmed media

Viewers and readers need to trust that news outlets are accurate, balanced, fair and impartial

  • Khaya Sithole
8 min read
Former US president Donald Trump. File photo
CORONAVIRUS

Bye-bye, Don. But is this the end of Trumpism?

If it hadn’t been for Covid-19, Donald Trump might have won the presidential election. Almost 48% of voting Americans believe in his brand of democracy, equality and justice.

  • Philip Machanick
7 min read
AMY CONEY BARRETT

Richard Calland: Biden needs a senate win to limit Trumpism

Joe Biden doesn’t have the mojo needed to restore the US – so he needs a full house to appoint those who do, writes Richard Calland.

  • Richard Calland
8 min read