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Martin Plaut
- Why Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki, the tactical authoritarian, might be president for lifeOctober 29, 2020 • Quartz
- The glow of the historic accord between Ethiopia and Eritrea has fadedJuly 9, 2019 • Quartz
- HERO OR TYRANT?Emperor Haile Selassie’s AU statue joins a growing list of Africa’s troubled memorialsFebruary 25, 2019 • Quartz
- NOT AGAINWhy al-Shabaab targets Kenya and how to stop the attacksJanuary 16, 2019 • Quartz
- FAVORED ONEForeign backing is keeping Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir in power amid citizen uprisingJanuary 9, 2019 • Quartz
- HELLO ASMARAAfter decades of UN and self-imposed isolation, Eritrea is coming in from the coldNovember 14, 2018 • Quartz
- The hard but valuable lesson black South Africans learned in the First World WarNovember 6, 2018 • Quartz
- REEXAMINEDThe Chinese and Soviets had a bigger role in supporting apartheid than we previously knewNovember 3, 2018 • Quartz
- The backstory of how Ethiopia and Eritrea found peace after 20 yearsJuly 11, 2018 • Quartz
- PICKING SIDESHow Fidel Castro became a hero and a villain in the Horn of AfricaDecember 9, 2016 • Quartz