Nairobi’s airports – windows on Kenya’s colonial past and top-down planning

After a technical engineering study of the Embakasi site, and piles of dense estimating, accounting, and reporting, a financial resolution was found. In May 1953 the Kenya Legislative Assembly agreed to the construction of the city’s third airport there.

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Ethiopia’s next poll could be more competitive. But big challenges remain

Ethiopia’s party system is extremely volatile. Political parties are weak and fragmented. And the elections will take place amid the upheaval in Tigray, one of the country’s 10 federal regions.

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Why the African Union’s decision on a top post is being seen as a litmus test

The current AU’s reform journey began in July 2016 when the assembly appointed Rwandan president Paul Kagame to do a study on its institutional reform. The assessment by the panel led by Kagame was unequivocal; the union was not fit for purpose.

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