Toxic politics of ethnicity in Africa

Friday, March 02, 2018

For the past few weeks I have been involved in a public education project with Gabz FM providing some insights on the political situations in a few African countries that are scheduled to go for elections in 2018.

These included diverse countries such as Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Egypt.

In my research on the situations in those diverse countries in order to make an informed analysis, I realized that issues of ethnic rivalries and mistrust are more than often manipulated by many African politicians seeking to consolidate or gain state power.

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