Popular disappointment in elected governments was a prominent trigger for coup makers.
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Some African nations are strengthening their democracy, while most are stuck in a dangerously authoritarian spiral.
Ali Bongo is the latest in a string of leaders to be ousted in military coups since 2020.
The 2022 summit between the European Union and the African Union seeks to renew the intercontinental partnership with massive investments. However, structural patterns of inequality persist.
The latest coup now presents a fork in the road for West African, French, and American policymakers.
Africa saw more coup attempts in 2021 than the preceding five years combined.
Leaders typically spread power among their ‘rival allies’ to keep it and co-opt enough of those elites in exchange for political support.
Guineans have experienced military rule before, and they know that the consequences can be dangerous.
Jerry Rawlings found a unique path to legitimise his military rule in Ghana.
Mali’s precarious political situation has been the subject of ECOWAS resolution attempts for months
Power is visibly draining away from Tom Thabane. But, even at 80 years old, he remains a wily operator, and seems determined to cause maximum trouble to secure his immunity from prosecution.
Popular theories of high-level electoral conspiracy shaped the emergence of new political orientations
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