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Benin began the formal tabulation of results on April 13, 2026, following a presidential election that saw over 7.9 million registered voters participate in a contest designed to consolidate the political legacy of outgoing President
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Voters in Djibouti navigated quiet polling stations on April 8, 2026, casting ballots in a presidential election engineered to return Ismail Omar Guelleh to office for a sixth consecutive term. The incumbent ran largely uncontested
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In Nairobi / South Sudan, President Salva Kiir has dismissed both the speaker and deputy speaker of parliament, in a sweeping leadership change that underscores shifting political calculations ahead of long-delayed elections. The decision, announced
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In Sudan, the anniversary of the April 6 uprising has once again drawn citizens, civil society groups, and pro-democracy activists back into public space—physically where possible, symbolically where not. The date, which in 2019 marked
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YAOUNDÉ — In a move that has fundamentally reshaped the political landscape of one of Africa’s longest-standing administrations, Cameroon’s parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to reintroduce the office of the Vice-President. The decision, passed
Viewpoints Africa
How institutional failure, corruption, and diplomatic drift are eroding Nigeria’s standing at home and abroad. Nigeria is governing itself into chaos. What looks like drift is in fact the outcome of choice, democratised incompetence sustained
Viewpoints Africa
Africa today carries a disproportionate share of the world’s violence. At any given time, the continent hosts more active conflict situations than any other region. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Africa
Viewpoints Africa
There is a particular danger when power stops pretending. No longer does it bother with caution, justification, or the rituals of accountability. It simply proceeds, confident that outrage will fade and attention will move on.
Viewpoints Africa
Africa’s greatest geopolitical weakness is not a lack of resources, talent, or ambition. It is fragmentation. In a world organised around blocs, Africa still negotiates as a collection of small economies, each pleading its case
Viewpoints Africa
When South Africa was excluded from the 2026 G20 summit in Miami, many saw it as an insult. It was. But more importantly, it was a reminder. In global politics, respect is not pleaded for,
