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Internal Party Reforms or Power Consolidation by African Ruling Parties?
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Celebrating Army Generals in Zimbabwean Politics?
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Sierra Leone’s Fourth Post-War Elections and the Trial of Democracy
Sierra Leone’s fourth post-war presidential, parliamentary, and local elections, scheduled for March 7, 2018, will be the litmus test to…
Moving the Battlefields: Foreign Jurisdictions and Environmental Justice in Nigeria
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Military Humanitarianism and Africa’s Troubling “Forces for Good”
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