Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham Paul Kagame has exercised firm personal control over Rwanda’s politics since becoming president in 2000. EPA/Phillip Guelland…
Simon McMahon, Coventry University A man called out numbers against the murky darkness of the Libyan night: “400, 500, 600, 650.” These…
John Campbell, The Council on Foreign Relations In the decade leading up to the 2017 election cycle, Kenya was on a positive…
This new month sees us looking at another villain of the month winner: DRC President Joseph Kabila. UK's Guardian recently wrote about…
The bad news keeps piling up for South Africa’s economy. Shutterstock Jannie Rossouw, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa has been rocked…
Rob Marchant, University of York A severe drought threatens millions of people in East Africa. Crop harvests are well below normal and…
Marloes Janson, SOAS, University of London [Update] January 04, 2017 - Since the time that this article was first published on December…
image from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation: 2016 IIAG Index Report Yarik Turianskyi Declining safety and deterioration in the rule of law are…
Another African leader gives a member of his family a highly lucrative and powerful position in his government and it isn't the…
As the saying goes, "It's the economy, stupid", what's the point of fighting corruption if there's no jobs with an economy that…
