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