Attempts to extend the chief justice’s term show a disregard for the judiciary and for fixing the country’s tattered reputation.
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Politics and Society Emmanuel Macron attempts to reform Africa-France relationships
Can high-level meetings and summits build trust and change a historically complex set of relationships?
Politics and Society Can Samia Suluhu Hassan make a clean break from Magufuli?
Tanzania’s new president seems to be steering the country back towards democracy, but consolidating power won’t be easy.
Arts, Culture and Sport Inside the illegal trade in West Africa’s cultural heritage
Regional middlemen for antiquities dealers run and finance large, organised teams of looters to excavate sites.
Politics and Society DRC’s shady political alliance unravels
Tshisekedi is struggling to escape the shackles of a deal gone bad with the DRC’s former president.
Politics and Society High expectations for the next AU Commission chair
The main task will be delivering an effective new structure that tackles internal dysfunction at the commission.
Politics and Society Time to tackle violence against women in Mali
The transition period could set the tone for new norms that future governments could live by.
Politics and Society Are Africa’s borders sacrosanct? Ghana’s Western Togoland crisis
Recent attacks raise questions about how secessionist tendencies have been managed in post-independence Africa.
Politics and Society Tunisia should be a beacon of hope in a troubled region
Impressive delivery on education, water and eliminating poverty hasn’t enabled Tunisia to escape its middle-income trap.