Libya has Khalifa Haftar, Sudan has its own ruthless warlord, Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo—better known as Hemedti. Like...
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Opinion: Why Cameroon’s Crisis Threatens a Regional Collapse
In an oped in MondAfrique, Johnny Vianney Bissakonou argues that gambling with Cameroon’s stability is reckless. He...
West Africa’s New Rulers Use the Same Same Old Playbook of Their Predecessors
Cameroon’s election aftermath is fueling more street violence, Côte d’Ivoire’s political prospects remain stuck in...
Mauritius: Prime Minister to be picked by dirty money and corruption in November elections
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: November 2024 20...
South Sudan: First lesson on elections but don’t expect democracy to settle yet
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: December 2024 There...
Rwanda: President Paul Kagame already “declared winner” in upcoming July election
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: Mid-July 2024 In...
Togo: President Gnassingbe likely to prevail amid ineffective opposition
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Legislative elections day expected: March 2024...
Somaliland: An unrecognized state in search of legitimacy
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: November 2024 - Return to...
Ghana headed to healthy election competition with three candidates
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: December 2024 - Return to...
Algeria’s incumbent president and military working to clear path before vote by eliminating opposition
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: December 2024 - Return to...
Guinea-Bissau: Uncertainty dominates with incumbent president breaking all rules and laws
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: Not confirmed - Return to...
Senegal: Outgoing president seeks to impose his protege
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: 24 February 2024 5 February...
Chad: The Deby family will continue to reign with terror and violence
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: October 2024 20 January...
Burkina Faso: Junta likely to maintain grip, despite beginning of discontent at junta Chief Traore
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: Unknown / Unlikely to...
Mali’s election scheduled for 4 February 2024 will not happen after all
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election period: Unknown / Not likely to...
Russia-Africa: From weapon sales to economic ties
By Arezki Daoud: Has the war in Ukraine deter Russia from engagement in Africa? Certainly not! We know on the...
How Sahel populations reject ECOWAS ($)
The West African group of ECOWAS is supposed to play the role of mediator in regional crises, with a combination of a...
Mauritania: Non-existent opposition and push for popular reforms to guarantee reelection of incumbent president
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election period: June/July 2024 19 January...
Tunisia: Controversial incumbent Kais Said favored to win second term
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election period: November 2024 19 January...
Environment: Ghana floods displace thousands of people
Flooding after heavy rains in eastern Ghana have forced nearly 26,000 people to leave their homes at the request of...
UN and AU discuss funding for African peacekeeping
The security councils of the United Nations and African Union on Thursday began talks on funding for peacekeeping...
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan resume Nile dam talks
Ethiopia said Saturday it had begun a second round of talks with Egypt and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam built...
Sahel: French President makes pragmatic decision to step away from Niger
French withdrawals from Africa After Mali, Burkina Faso and the Central African Republic, France is being forced to...
Niger and ECOWAS: The cost of collective punishment
Lines of hundreds of trucks stretch back many kilometres close to Benin's northern border with Niger, their cargo...
Moroccan King’s feelings hurt by the toppling of his Gabonese friend ($)
Morocco has hailed its relationship with Gabon as “solid,” and so any political disruption could have adverse...
Moroccan King’s feelings hurt by the toppling of his Gabonese friend
Morocco has hailed its relationship with Gabon as “solid,” and so any political disruption could have adverse...
Leaders of Francophone Africa gripped by fear, strengthen their own security
By Arezki Daoud: Leaders of Francophone Africa are in state of panic following a series of coups that toppled their...
Niger-France relations sour as pressure groups in Niger demand withdrawal of French troops
Thousands of demonstrators in Niger on Sunday held a third day of rallies calling for former colonial ruler France to...
Gabon’s new junta makes promises of return to civilian rule
Gabon's coup leader vowed after being sworn in as interim president on Monday to restore civilian rule through "free,...
Gabon: People waiting for junta to announce plan in coup aftermath
People in the central African state of Gabon awaited a steer on their future on Thursday after rebel army officers...
Gabon: Another domino in the French sphere falls, Gabon army ousts Ali Bongo
Rebel officers in Gabon announced Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali...
Sudan: Deadly violence grips Darfur
Sudan's army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt on his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the...
Don’t expect Wagner to abandon Africa after Prigozhin’s announced death
Despite the reported death of the Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Moscow has every interest in continuing...
How Sudan is imploding
War and hunger threaten to "consume" all of Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of malnourished children are at risk of...
Sahel: Humanitarian crisis unfolding along Chad’s border with Sudan with influx of new refugees
The UN said Thursday more than 100,000 Sudanese refugees had fled to neighbouring Chad since the conflict in Sudan...
Nigeria: New president starts job on shaky ground after nearly tripling fuel prices
By Alexandre Martins Lopes with Louise Dewast in Abuja and Aminu Abubakar in Kano: Commuting to work in Lagos,...
The collapsing Sudan
The UN on Monday warned more than 800,000 people could flee fighting and dire conditions in Sudan, where explosions...
Sudan: As military-men fight over power, Khartoum falls into chaos
Thousands of residents on Wednesday fled Sudan's capital, where witnesses said bodies lay in the street from fighting...
Sahel: Despite closing its borders, Chad sees hundreds of Sudanese soldiers flee into its territory
Around 320 Sudanese soldiers have fled the fighting raging in their country to neighbouring Chad, the country's...
Africa: Competition between France and Russia over Africa is getting more violent
By Barbara Debou: On a night in early March, arsonists attacked a brewery owned by the French drinks giant Castel in...
Africa: Troubled African nations say they want to restore some “democratic” order
By Hillary Orinde: The African Union insisted on Sunday it had "zero tolerance" for undemocratic changes of power and...
Major rift between Africa and west over Russia’s war on Ukraine
France urges Africa to break its neutrality in Russia-Ukraine conflict France is calling on African nations to show...
Environment: Severe floods wreck havoc on West African agriculture
By Aminu Abubakar Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from...