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Soul Train: South African singer Tyla’s song Water was huge this year. Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffing/Getty Images
ABDOURAHAMANE TCHIANI

The A-Z of 2023 for Africa

All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange…

  • Samira Sawlani
9 min read
General Brice Oligui Nguema, the head of the Committee for the Transition and the Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), a formation formed after the coup, swears in on Gabon’s transitional president during inauguration ceremony in Libreville, Gabon on September 04, 2023. (Photo by Mabondo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
ALI BONGO

A second wave of independence for former French colonies?

Rigging elections has been a national sport in too many of the region’s territories – will Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville be next?

  • Thomas Lesaffre
5 min read
A man holds a sign reading “Support to the army. Long live Russia and China, Ecowas and France get out” as supporters of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) take part in a rally on Independence square in Bamako, on September 8, 2020, following a call by the MP4 (Popular Movement of 4th September) for a gathering to support the role of the army in Mali’s transition phase after a military junta overthrew the president. (Photo by MICHELE CATTANI / AFP)
ALASSANE OUATTARA

Democracy delayed in Mali spurs sanctions from neighbours

Mali’s junta now finds itself ostracised by its regional peers – and at the centre of a dangerous new geopolitical game.

  • The Continent
  • Aanu Adeoye
4 min read