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Raila Odinga’s symbolic “swearing in” event.

Democracy

Crisis of legitimacy

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Awards

An unconvincing choice

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by Vladimir Antwi-Danso

Xi’s Consolidation

China’s leader gets stronger, but his regime gets weaker

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by Hans Dembowski
GK Dialysis Centre in Dhaka.

Bangladesh

More than 50 % below the market price

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by Zafrullah Chowdhury

Why I feel ambivalent about Kagame’s AU chairmanship

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by Hans Dembowski
Members of the Indonesian Army Special Forces Commandos march during a parade.

Our view

By force or by consensus

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

We must choose between the SDGs and a world of bloodshed

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by Hans Dembowski
President Joko Widodo (centre) wants the military to do more than protect Indonesia from external threats.

Governance

High-risk balancing act

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
In December 2016, four elected presidents (Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone and John Dramani Mahama of Ghana) told Gambia’s autocratic leader Yahya Jammeh that his time was over. Due to elections, Johnson Sirleaf and Mahama are no longer in office today.

Democratic governance

A mixed bag

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by Vladimir Antwi-Danso
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