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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?
African Union 20 years on: A retrospective
Assessing the successes and ongoing challenges of the African Union 20 years on
Coups are always a bad idea – even the popular ones
Why are coups happening more frequently? The most significant trend is the deepening democratic deficit across many African countries, and a corresponding decline in effective…
What is happening in Mali is a coup. We must call it that
Zimbabwe called its coup a military-assisted transition to sidestep sanctions. Mali is doing the same. But failing to call power grabs by their name makes it harder to defend…
Noise or signal? Social media’s role in Bolivia’s coup
Narratives spread on social networking sites were used to justify military intervention in democratic processes
Guaido rules out new Venezuela talks for now
Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido says there are no plans to re-open talks with the ‘murderous dictatorship’ of President Nicolas Maduro