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Political causes hinder Madagascar famine prevention

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MADAGASCAR

The UN has pointed to climate change as the crisis’s main cause. However, the region’s peripheral status, political marginalisation, corrupt governance and poverty play more…

Zambian government will grow increasingly defensive

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ZAMBIA

Embattled president.

Congo’s new DDR programme faces old challenges

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CONGO-KINSHASA

However, the programme is yet to get off the ground, and its preparatory phases have been dogged by controversy.

Rwanda seeks political gains from peacekeeping

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RWANDA

The troops will engage in “combat and security” operations against local jihadists in support of Mozambique’s government, similar to a recent bilateral deployment to support…

Prospects for East Africa and the Great Lakes in 2023

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PROSPECTS 2023

Prospects for East Africa and the Great Lakes in 2023.

Burkina Faso may mirror wider Sahelian vulnerabilities

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BURKINA FASO

Burkinabe COVID-19 vulnerabilities.

South Sudan's politics constrains the economic outlook

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SOUTH SUDAN

In practice, politics remains mired in factional corruption, and the economy is stagnant. Poverty and food insecurity levels are alarmingly high, and other human development…

Aid dynamics may entrench South Sudan's challenges

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SOUTH SUDAN

However, conventional development aid remains extremely limited, which has significant implications for the prospects for domestic change.

Tanzania will resist pressure over social conservatism

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TANZANIA

Social conservatism in Tanzania.

Ethiopia's forex crunch will aggravate reform pressure

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ETHIOPIA

The government hopes this plan will above all inject fresh foreign currency into the cash-starved economy. Recently, it has had to manage its dwindling foreign exchange (forex…