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Thomas Lesaffre
Thomas Lesaffre is politics and governance teacher at the African Leadership Academy and a freelance journalist
Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s rise to power and the quest for systemic change
How did he come to power and what you need to know about the African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity (Pastef)
A second wave of independence for former French colonies?
Rigging elections has been a national sport in too many of the region’s territories – will Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville be next?
Tunisia, an anti-democratic revolution in the making
President Kais Saied is using African migrants and European Union migration policies to undo recently acquired democratic rights
African political history shows the perils of institutionalised xenophobia
After 29 years of neoliberal failure in South Africa, foreigners are a convenient scapegoat for an elite that has failed to redistribute wealth