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Tanzania: Division and Derision in the United Republic

The opening of the National Assembly on 17 November follows the inauguration of a new president, John Magufuli. Yet three weeks after Tanzanians went to the polls, Zanzibar is still mired in a political crisis, says Nick Branson.

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Polls apart? Seven parallels between Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania

23 Oct 2015

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Some 7,000km and three time zones separate Côte D’Ivoire and Tanzania. As they both go to the polls on 25 October 2015 to elect a new president, Nick Branson suggests seven intriguing commonalities.

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Citizens ‘Making Noise’: Keeping Track of Buhari’s Government

23 Jun 2015

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BudgIT was founded in 2011 and aims to enable Nigerian citizens and policymakers to hold government to account for revenue and expenditure decisions through analysis of public data. ARI spoke to its founder, Oluseun Onigbinde.

People voting in Ewu, Edo State in Nigeria's 2015 elections

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Nigeria: What Sort Of Change?

Many Nigerians who voted on 28 March in the presidential election did so hoping for change. But what did change look like for citizens of Edo state? Father Anselm Adodo set off to find out.

ARI director Edward Paice was quoted in The Wall Street Journal on Muhammadu Buhari's victory in the Nigerian elections

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The Wall Street Journal, 1 April 2015

01 Apr 2015

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The Wall Street Journal featured five quotes about Muhammadu Buhari's victory in the Nigerian election - one of them is by ARI director, Edward Paice.

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Whose Nigeria is it?

On a visit to Lagos prior to Nigeria’s election, Paul Adams uses the slogan of President Goodluck Jonathan – “Nigeria is working” – to ask “for whom?”