President John Magufuli won a second term by a contested landslide and looks set to take even greater control of Tanzania's democratic space.
The country must urgently address the politics of ethnicity before it can move towards a workable democracy.
Jerry John Rawlings remains the most polarizing political figure in Ghana since Kwame Nkrumah
Humour is a way for Congolese internet users to prod at cultural traits and political developments – despite censorship being rife.
Crisis grips Ethiopia as political divisions spill over into armed conflict and potential civil war looms.
