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University of Johannesburg professor Steven Friedman says South Africa's first government that fears voters is more responsive than it gets credit for, and raises concerns about the police inquiry.
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Marcella Samba-Sesay and Jeremy Simbo say citizens were excluded from a constitutional amendment process that must be settled well before the 2028 elections.
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Professor Phil Clark, Dr. Filip Reyntjens, and Dr. Michela Wrong weighed Rwanda's development gains against its political record, three decades after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
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Writer Esther Armah tied Ghana's economic fragility to history and self-image, while an Iowa association showed how the diaspora keeps Ghana close.
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On The Africa Desk Live, Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey, Hawa C. Wilson and Dr. Jeremy Levitt weighed citizenship, gender and accountability in Liberia on Episode 4 of 54 Conversations, which aired June 6, 2026.
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Abdi Ibrahim of the Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization joined Hour 2 of The Africa Desk Live on August 29 to discuss CAIRO's work in central Minnesota and its 10th anniversary gala on October 9.
