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African politics: the promise and peril of key elections in 2023

African politics: the promise and peril of key elections in 2023 African politics and democracy will likely see a busy 2023 year, as many of its countries, notably Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), will hold high-stakes elections. The February general election in Nigeria has raised a great deal […]

Algerian regime mulls postponing elections as protests intensify

The Algerian regime is considering postponing Presidential elections until they agree to a successor to infirm Bouteflika as protests against a fifth term for the current President intensify across the country. The protesters have taken the Algerian regime by surprise staging protests unseen in the country since the 1990s when a military coup aborted a […]

Nigeria’s Tinubu advocates regional African forces against coups, terrorism

Nigerian president Bola Tinubu said Africa’s regional bodies should set up military forces to fend off terrorism and military coups. Speaking at a recent event in Abuja dubbed the State of Democracy in Africa, Tinubu said that empowering regional blocs to have their own stand by forces would thwart military coups and act as a […]