As Nigeria fights jihadists in the north-east and militants in the oil-producing south, a third conflict is simmering at its centre Traditional leaders in Riyom, a town in Plateau State, say they have been suffering...
Africa in Fact Issue 39
EDITORIAL: All are human persons, not monkeys or cockroaches
The topic of ethnicity rears its head all too frequently, not just in Africa but globally, as we confront identity politics and notions of sameness and difference. Consider the contentious, contemporary spread of...
Life beyond Mugabe?
Zimbabwe: splintering political parties Unhappiness between former liberation parties continues to bedevil Zimbabwean politics Zimbabwe has two main ethnic groups, the Shona and the Ndebele, as well as smaller groups...
Ethnicity fuels bad governance
Decades of family rule in Togo country have resulted in very little development Ethnicity has been an important political tool for the family that has ruled Togo for nearly half a century. The current president, Faure...
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