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In this Briefing Note Brian Cooksey chronicles how politics and rent-seeking have subverted the development of Tanzania’s power sector during the past quarter of a century.

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The subtleties of authoritarianism in Museveni’s Uganda

16 Oct 2017

Niki Wolfe

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Wilkins and Vokes argue that while the NRM certainly makes use of crude abuses of state power, this occurs within the context of a sophisticated electoral technique which is equally important to understand.

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Edo State’s “do and die” election

05 Sep 2016

Yovanka ARI

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Anselm Adodo gives an overview of key issues ahead of the elections for governor in Edo state, Nigeria on 10 September.

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“More time”…to eat? Money and politics in Sierra Leone

06 Jun 2016

Yovanka ARI

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Following his look at the street level view of corruption in Sierra Leone, Jamie Hitchen examines how corruption and politics are increasingly intertwined.

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10 things to watch in Africa in 2016

31 Dec 2015

Yovanka ARI

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Rising debt, the ever-growing prominence of social media and a battle for the soul of the ANC are just some of the things Jamie Hitchen and Nick Branson are expecting to see in Africa in the year ahead.

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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?”

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IPTL, Richmond and “Escrow”: The price of private power procurement in Tanzania

The subtleties of authoritarianism in Museveni’s Uganda

Edo State’s “do and die” election

“More time”…to eat? Money and politics in Sierra Leone

10 things to watch in Africa in 2016

Whose Nigeria is it?