The civil war is often described as an ethnic or tribal conflict. But it’s more complicated than that.
- Professor of History, Durham University
Odinga was both a remarkable figure and an embodiment of Kenya’s political contradictions.
Conflicts that have riven Sudan for decades have prompted some observers to predict the country will fall apart. But signs of popular resilience are emerging.
The conflict in Sudan is the world’s biggest hunger and displacement crisis.
Sudan was formed by conquest, and its politics and, increasingly, its wealth have been controlled by the military ever since.
The division within the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, the fact that the race was very close, and turnout was relatively low may increase incentives to challenge the results.
Patronage politics, a history of violent conflict and high-stakes elections increase the risks of poll violence in Kenya.
Electoral malpractice can be justified by some as preventing a greater injustice to the individual, community or nation.
From colonial times in Sudan, power has always come from the barrel of a gun.
Shari’a, most certainly, is not just a tool of violent radicals with a particular set of ideas about sexual morality and gender relations.
It is often assumed that patrimonial beliefs fuel electoral malpractice whereas civic ones challenge it, but this is an oversimplification.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been given the green light to run for another term. He should be happy, but he’s not.
Claims about Cambridge Analytica’s role in elections in Nigeria and Kenya have been overstated.
As a young radical in the 1980s, Museveni publicly scorned African rulers who clung to power. Now, after 30 years in office, he is clearly clinging pretty hard himself.
For decades, power in Kenya has lain with the government and administrative organisations that serve it. The Supreme Court’s decision calling for a new election suggests that this may have changed.
Kenya’s history of electoral problems is interwoven with a political drama which pits one dynasty against another in a rivalry that goes back more than 50 years.
Despite an African Union report warning the election would not be fair, the vote looks set to extend Omar al-Bashir’s 26-year rule.
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