East Africa
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18 Dec 2025 / by Nicodemus Minde & Guyo Chepe Turi
Somalia in the East African Community: opportunities and challenges

Somalia's EAC membership offers strategic and economic gains, but security threats, weak institutions and governance fragility pose integration challenges.
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19 Nov 2025 / by Nicodemus Minde
Youth engagement in governance, peace and security in East Africa

How can the region leverage its youth majority to achieve inclusive governance, despite persistent barriers and instability risks?
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16 Oct 2025
Democracy in trouble: Tanzania’s 2025 general elections

With the two main opposition parties out of the race, Tanzania’s ruling party will be virtually unchallenged.
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16 Oct 2025
ISS Live: Democracy in trouble – Tanzania’s 2025 general elections

With the two main opposition parties out of the race, Tanzania’s ruling party will be virtually unchallenged.
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15 Oct 2025 / by Nicodemus Minde
Tanzania polls: will election observers be the last line of defence?

Domestic observers may not improve the quality of polls on 29 October, but could increase transparency and public awareness.
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17 Sep 2025 / by Valtino Omolo
Kenya’s growing role in global meth production

The entry of Mexican drug cartels points to East Africa’s rising capacity for the manufacture of synthetic drugs.
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04 Jun 2025 / by Nicodemus Minde
Too far, too wide? Assessing the expansion of the East African Community

The EAC’s expansion raises critical questions about the bloc’s capacity to absorb new member states effectively.
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09 May 2025 / by Peter Fabricius
Samia Suluhu Hassan drops the pretence of reform

Ahead of the October elections, Tanzania’s president is retreating from democracy – along with the rest of the East African region.
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23 Apr 2025
South Sudan’s security crisis and the looming war

The seminar will discuss a new report on South Sudan’s intelligence services and its role in the current security crisis.
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23 Apr 2025
ISS Live: South Sudan’s security crisis and the looming war

The seminar will discuss a new report on South Sudan’s intelligence services and its role in the current security crisis.
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15 Apr 2025
ISS Live: Lessons from Kenya’s fraught electronic visa policy

One year on, how did electronic visas affect integration, economic growth and mobility in Kenya and the region?
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15 Apr 2025
Lessons from Kenya’s fraught electronic visa policy

One year on, how did electronic visas affect integration, economic growth and mobility in Kenya and the region?

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