Brice Oligui Nguema (L) receives the national dialogue report from the Archbishop of Libreville, Jean Patrick. Wilfried Mbinah/AFP via Getty Images May 14, 2024 Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act Douglas Yates, American Graduate School in Paris (AGS) Gabon’s military ruler risks becoming the country’s third autocratic leader if he fails to generate economic growth and return the country to democratic paths.
A protester holds a placard reading ‘down with Ecowas’ during a rally in Bamako on 1 February 2024. Ousmane Makaveli /AFP via Getty Images February 21, 2024 Free movement in west Africa: three countries leaving Ecowas could face migration hurdles Franzisca Zanker, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute; Amanda Bisong, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Leonie Jegen, University of Amsterdam Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have much to lose if they cannot migrate to and from neighbouring countries in Ecowas.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe and President Cyril Ramaphiosa of South Africa in 2018. GCIS August 12, 2020 Repression in Zimbabwe exposes South Africa’s weakness Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand The time is long past that Pretoria’s admonitions of bad behaviour by Zimbabwe’s leaders are backed by a credible threat of sanction and punishment.