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Bobi Wine, Uganda’s ‘ghetto president’, upstages the real head of state

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Simon Allison | 22 Aug 2018 | Mail & Guardian Robert Kyagulanyi cannot remember the day that Yoweri Museveni was first inaugurated as president of Uganda. It was 33 years ago, and he was just three. Since then, Museveni has been inaugurated a further four times, most recently in 2016. Meanwhile Kyagulani, better known by his stage name Bobi Wine, has grown up to … [Read more...] about Bobi Wine, Uganda’s ‘ghetto president’, upstages the real head of state

The New Arab Order: Power and Violence in Today’s Middle East

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Marc Lynch | September/ October 2018 Issue | Foreign Affairs In 2011, millions of citizens across the Arab world took to the streets. Popular uprisings from Tunis to Cairo promised to topple autocracies and usher in democratic reforms. For a moment, it looked as if the old Middle Eastern order was coming to an end and a new and better one was taking its place. But things … [Read more...] about The New Arab Order: Power and Violence in Today’s Middle East

Kabila’s decision to step aside won’t change the DRC’s power dynamics

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Reuben Loffman | August 13, 2018 | The Conversation The ruling party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), The Peoples’ Party for Reconciliation and Democracy, made an announcement recently that took everybody by surprise — that Joseph Kabila will not be its presidential candidate come the December 2018 general election. Kabila has been in power since 2001 … [Read more...] about Kabila’s decision to step aside won’t change the DRC’s power dynamics

Water Wars on the Nile: How Water Scarcity and Middle Eastern Influence Are Reshaping Northeast Africa

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Daniel Benaim and Michael Wahid Hanna | August 9, 2018 | Foreign Affairs In Ethiopia, Africa’s largest-ever dam and hydroelectric power plant is inching closer to completion. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River has the potential to transform Ethiopia’s economy and revolutionize the agricultural sector of its northwestern neighbor Sudan. But … [Read more...] about Water Wars on the Nile: How Water Scarcity and Middle Eastern Influence Are Reshaping Northeast Africa

The People’s Authoritarian – How Russian Society Created Putin

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Michael Kimmage | July/August 2018 Issue  | Foreign Affairs In 1839, the French aristocrat Astolphe Louis Léonor, better known as the Marquis de Custine, traveled to Russia to understand “the empire of the Czar.” Competing with his compatriot Alexis de Tocqueville’s study of American democracy, Custine produced a travelogue that was also an analysis of “eternal Russia.” … [Read more...] about The People’s Authoritarian – How Russian Society Created Putin

Eritrea and Ethiopia have made peace. How it happened and what next

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Martin Plaut | July 10, 2018 | The Conversation This week Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed visited neighbouring Eritrea, to be greeted by President Isaias Afwerki. The vast crowds that thronged the normally quiet streets of Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, were simply overjoyed. They sang and they danced as Abiy’s car drove past. Few believed they would ever see such an … [Read more...] about Eritrea and Ethiopia have made peace. How it happened and what next