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Public confidence in identifying disinformation is falling just as AI and hyper-local campaigning make election manipulation harder to detect.
Terrorism, kidnapping and crumbling roads are combining to choke a trade lifeline linking Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria.
Youth gangs disrupt rallies, civil rights meetings and polling stations, yet the politicians who bankroll them go unpunished.
A new ISS anti-corruption tracker uses AI to identify patterns and warning signs in a wide range of government institutions.
Growing competition for African ports and security partnerships offers new leverage – if countries can avoid deeper geopolitical fragmentation.
The region has joined an African cross-border payment system built for speed and trade – but it could accelerate financial crime.
The increased influence of Museveni’s son in government and his position as military chief threaten Uganda’s democracy.
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