A large study conducted in Kenya has identified the factors that may lead to welfare gaps between refugees and their host communities. Alexander Betts explains why every major refugee-hosting context should have a policy for refugees and the immediate host community to make both groups better off and improve relations between them.

When writing an obituary of the Jacob Zuma run administration that has just come to an end, it is useful to compare it with two previous South African governments and especially the men who ran them. Zuma was neither a giant of the struggle like Nelson Mandela, nor an aloof intellectual like Thabo Mbeki. As Ran Greenstein argues, Zuma’s initial appeal was due precisely to his being so unlike his illustrious predecessors. Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, meanwhile, presents a list of five key areas that Cyril Ramaphosa’s new administration must attend to urgently.

What do you do when governments fail to deliver even the most basic services - like water? For people in countries like Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia and Kenya, the answer is: do it yourself. Ellis Adjei Adams discusses these community initiatives and how they’re changing the water game for many.