Africa Yearbook Volume 16

Albert K. Awedoba, (FGA) Ph.D. (1985) in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford, is Professor at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. His research interests include health issues, ethnographic study of reproductive health and family planning (Ga-Accra); understanding the Kasena of Northern Ghana and Burkina Faso through their oral literature genres; Kasem grammar and phonology; chieftaincy, governance and development; understanding gift exchange and corruption in Ghana; Northern Ghanaian conflicts and response mechanisms; primary school education in Ghana. He is a founding member of the Pan African Anthropological Association of which he was President (2004-5).Benedikt Kamski, Ph.D. (2017) in Political Science, University of Freiburg, is a post-doctoral researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute and political analyst based in Addis Ababa. His research focus is on Ethiopia’s development model, hydro-agricultural development, and politico-economic dynamics across the Horn of Africa. He is a founding member of the Omo-Turkana Research Network.Andreas Mehler, Ph.D. (1993) in Political Science, University of Hamburg, is Director of the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute and Professor of Political Science at the University of Freiburg. He has published extensively on democratisation processes and violent conflicts in West and Central Africa. He is the initiator and currently President of the executive council of the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA).David Sebudubudu, Ph.D. (2002) in Political Science, University of Leeds, is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science at the University of Botswana. His research interests are in civil society, the state and democracy, political corruption, ethics and accountability, African politics, debates about development and the wider political economy, and has published widely in these areas.

• PrefaceList of AbbreviationsFactual Overview (as of 31 December 2019)List of AuthorsSub-Saharan AfricaAlbert Kanlisi Awedoba, Benedikt Kamski, Andreas Mehler, and David SebudubuduAfrican–European Relations in 2019Benedikt Erforth and Niels KeijzerWest AfricaAlbert Kanlisi AwedobaBeninPauline Jarroux and Clarisse Tama-ImourouBurkina FasoDaniel EizengaCabo VerdeGerhard SeibertCôte d’IvoireJesper BjarnesenThe GambiaAlice BellagambaGhanaJennifer BoylanGuineaAnita SchrovenGuinea-BissauChristoph KohlLiberiaIbrahim Al-Bakri NyeiMaliBruce WhitehouseMauritaniaHelena Olsson and Claes OlssonNigerKlaas van WalravenNigeriaHeinrich BergstresserSenegalMamadou BodianSierra LeoneKrijn PetersTogoDirk KohnertCentral AfricaAndreas MehlerCameroonFanny PigeaudCentral African RepublicAndreas MehlerChadKetil Fred HansenCongoBrett L. CarterDemocratic Republic of the CongoJanosch KullenbergEquatorial GuineaJoseph N. MangarellaGabonDouglas YatesSão Tomé and PríncipeGerhard SeibertEastern AfricaBenedikt KamskiBurundiAndrea Filipi and Katrin WittigComorosSimon MasseyDjiboutiNicole HirtEritreaNicole HirtEthiopiaJon AbbinkKenyaNanjala NyabolaRwandaErik PlänitzSeychellesAnthoni van NieuwkerkSomaliaJon AbbinkSouth SudanDaniel LargeSudanJean-Nicolas Bach and Clément DeshayesTanzaniaKurt Hirschler and Rolf HofmeierUgandaAngelo IzamaSouthern AfricaDavid SebudubuduAngolaJon SchubertBotswanaDavid SebudubuduEswatiniMarisha RamdeenLesothoRoger SouthallMadagascarRichard R. MarcusMalawiGeorge Dzimbiri and Lewis DzimbiriMauritiusRoukaya KasenallyMozambiqueJoseph HanlonNamibiaHenning MelberSouth AfricaSanusha NaiduZambiaEdalina Rodrigues SanchesZimbabweAmin Y. Kamete