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On July 12 last year, THISDAY exclusively reported that in a bid to inject a fresh pair of hands to run the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, had submitted Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman’s name …
Continue readingHow will Kenya’s next president be elected? What happens if there is no outright winner? And what will it cost? Our factsheet answers these and more.
Close to 20 million Kenyans are registered to vote tomorrow. The date is set
…Incumbent leader Paul Kagame swept to a landslide victory in Rwanda’s presidential election, securing a third term in office and extending his 17 years in power, final results showed on Saturday.
Kagame has won international praise for presiding over a …
Continue readingI am pretty much amazed at the conduct of the just concluded Presidential Elections in Rwanda and I must confess that saying; “I’m impressed”, is really an understatement.
From the campaigns, to the electioneering and the declaration of the winner, …
Continue readingOn August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic built a wall between East and West Berlin. The intention of that action to build a wall was to keep “fascists” from entering East Germany but importantly, it
… Continue readingThis brief does not include analysis of key government’s manifesto promises. IMANI is conducting separate reviews for the promises.
Fiscal data from 2013 to 2016 shows that Ghana has been missing its revenue targets by about 7 percent per annum.
The all-male candidates were cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in May leaving behind five aspirants …
Continue readingThe new law, which is expected to enter into force next year, defines violence against women as “any physical, moral, …
Continue readingThe Tanzanian government has asked Acacia Mining, a subsidiary of the world’s largest gold mining company Barrick Gold, to pay approximately USD$190 billion in revised taxes, interest and fines. This latest development is a …
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