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Kenya unity handshake may sow new divisions

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KENYA

The now-famous March 9 handshake between Kenyatta and Odinga and the announcement of a ‘building bridges initiative’ ostensibly aimed to reconcile Kenya after a deeply divisive…

Constraints will undermine Kenya’s ‘Big Four’ agenda

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KENYA

Kenya's Big Four development plan.

Flawed choices may birth new South Sudan government

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SOUTH SUDAN

Kiir on February 15 made a major concession by reversing a controversial decentralisation initiative and restoring the country’s original ten states, though Machar has rejected…

Nigeria's COVID-19 response at risk from weak links

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NIGERIA

Nigeria's COVID-19 response.

Canberra spends more to reduce Indigenous inequalities

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AUSTRALIA

The government admitted that earlier efforts to improve Indigenous livelihoods had been an “enormous failure”, with many goals set out in the Closing the Gap programme still…

Kenyan constitutional reform faces complex path

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KENYA

Prospects for constitutional reform in Kenya.

South-east Asian haze will pose corporate challenges

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Although an annual regional problem, this year's haze is particularly severe, and implies growing risks for businesses and governance.

New diplomacy may entrench Somalia-Somaliland impasse

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SOMALIA

Since then, Somaliland has experienced a flurry of diplomatic outreach from Taiwan, Kenya and Egypt, which has raised hopes that the self-declared republic may finally be on a…

Prospects for East Africa in 2022

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PROSPECTS 2022

Prospects for East Africa in 2022.

South Africa army deployment will not end gang threat

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SOUTH AFRICA

A week earlier, troops from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) arrived in the Western Cape province for an initial three-month deployment to help quell gang violence…