Attempts to postpone Senegal’s election indefinitely reflect deeper governance problems within Macky Sall’s administration, and the shortcomings of his chosen heir, Amadou Ba.
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Ecowas has a patchy track record when it comes to ensuring cooperation and security across west Africa – member states are now starting to leave.
A major concern is whether the recent attacks In Sierra Leone will encourage further division and tension in the country.
Attitudes towards Kwame Nkrumah have shifted from veneration to confrontation and destruction and, finally, to more subtle forms of remembrance.
Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections look like their predecessors: stolen. But this one is a bit different. Opposition strategies and regional responses have changed too. What does this mean for the future?
Examining how military coups unfold is crucial to understanding a country’s path back to democracy.
Niger had been seen as a relatively stable nation in an unstable region. The coup could spark fears in the West that the nation may align interests with Russia and the Wagner Group.
Signs of discontent among Russian nationalists and Wagner had been growing before a column of paramilitaries began an aborted march on Moscow.
An African-led process would take into account complex regional dynamics – which would lead to a better and more stable peace agreement.
Omar al-Bashir fell in 2019, but his military successors have preserved much of the authoritarian infrastructure of his regime.
Violence in Sudan threatens to throw the troubled nation into chaos. A scholar of the region explains what is going on and what’s at stake.
Since seizing power in a 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has killed more than 3,000 civilians and pro-democracy activists. But the army has struggled to contain an armed resistance movement.
Peru now has its sixth president in just five years. An expert on Latin American politics explores the country’s political instability and what happens next.
Written in a breezy and accessible style, How to Stage a Coup is a dazzling compendium of underhanded tactics.
The AU’s first two decades have largely represented a magical, mystical world of unfulfilled expectations.
The AU needs to address two main problems to steer Africa into a prosperous future – the use of unconstitutional means by some leaders to cling to power and disregard for the rule of law.
The fear of domination of one ethnic group or section by another has persistently undermined efforts at democratic consolidation in Nigeria.
Despite the benefits that could come from integration, many African countries remain wary of the process.
Ghanaian footballers chased migration to the US after the removal of Nkrumah as president.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, its leader was immediately labeled “fascist” by Ukrainians and others. A political scientist explains why that label fits.
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