This article was originally published the 3rd of October of 2018 at Apolitical. The author is Navarra Center for International Development Junior Researcher David Soler Crespo. Here is a partial reproduction of the article. You can read the full article here.
Teodoro Obiang has ruled over the tiny, oil-rich nation of Equatorial Guinea since the successful coup d’etat he leaded in 1979. He was re-elected president of his par...
Abiy Ahmed was only a 15 year old teenager when Isaias Afwerki declared Eritrea’s independence in 1991. But Ahmed was already in politics. He first joined the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) to fight against Mengistu Haile Mariam's regime in Ethiopia and years later he led his country’s intelligence team in the border 1998-2000 border war against Eritrea.
Now 42, Ahmed is the youngest leader in Africa and the first Ethiopian Prime Minister to “fully accept and implement” the peace agreement signed between both countries in the year 2000...
This opinion piece was originally published on Apolitical by Alex Armand, NCID resident fellow and assistant professor at the University of Navarra. It reflects upon the investigation Identifying the effect of targeted money transfers on women’s empowerment. Apolitical is a global network for government, helpin...