Recent events in Guinea-Bissau, where the military abruptly seized total control, dissolved electoral processes and detained President Umaro Sissoco Embaló on 26 November, mark yet another rupture in a region sliding...
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A year on, why are some African countries still not condemning Russia?
A year ago, Good Governance Africa (GGA) released a press statement that Vladimir Putin was “fast escalating the kind of brinkmanship which history teaches us will lead to another world war if it is not skilfully...
Transnational corruption in Namibia blights a legacy
Shockwaves are still reverberating through Namibia due to cross-border scandals that have deeply scarred Hage Geingob’s presidency. On 12 November last year, a media release, supported by Namibian civil society and...
Foreign troop withdrawal from Mali – let history not repeat itself
France and its partners’ decision to withdraw their troops from Mali after nearly 10 years of fighting a jihadist insurgency echoes the recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan. However, this situation may present an...
Cameroon: A nation on the edge
Presidential silence over burning issues spawns new resistance groups In June 2019, protests at a five-star luxury hotel in Switzerland marked a turning point in Cameroon’s President Paul Biya’s traditional long stays...
What is behind the renewed violence in Central African Republic?
CAR will struggle to break the cycle of violence without international commitment to end it On January 4, the incumbent president of Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was re-elected for a...
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