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Chad: Political Insecurity and Instability Threaten the Nation
By HANNA BAJWA Pictured above is late President Idriss Déby at a meeting with the President of Rwanda in 2016. The death of President...


Central African Republic: the Forgotten Conflict
As featured in Edition 38, available here. BY ROSE BUXTON (3rd year - PAIS - Bath, UK) In January, over one thousand trucks carrying food...


Sierra Leone: The Significance of the Abolition of the Death Penalty
By HANNA BAJWA Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio, is soon expected to sign a bill into law that would make his country the 23rd...


Child Labour on Cocoa Farms: Who Should be Held Responsible?
By SÁRA KENDE In their ruling on June 17th, US Supreme Court justices decided 8-1 in favour of Nestlé and Cargill against a group of six...


Russiafrica? Not yet
By DJEHANE VALLY ‘Russiafrica,’ a neologism inspired by the word ‘Françafrique,’ which symbolises the special relationship between France...


Need to Know: Tigray Conflict in Ethiopia
As featured in Edition 37, available here. Editorial WHAT IS IT? In November 2020, tensions between the Ethiopian government in Addis...


#EndSARS: How a Hashtag Helped Spark a Revolution in Nigeria
As featured in Edition 37, available here. By HANNA BAJWA The #EndSARS movement in Nigeria garnered remarkable attention through its...


Ugandan Elections - National Unrest as Museveni's Reign Persists
By HANNA BAJWA On January 14th, 2021 President Yoweri Museveni won the Ugandan General elections, commencing his sixth term. President...


The Arab Spring – 10 Years On by Ali Al-Enazi
Written by Ali Al-Enazi Tahrir Square, Cairo was the centre of the Egyptian Arab Spring Revolution. What occurred 10 years ago in the...


La Sape as a Political Movement: A Historical Context
By HANNA BAJWA La Sape is an abbreviation of Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes, translating to Society of...
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