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  • Why have coups returned to Africa, and what can be done about it?
  • What we have learned about communication at rallies – and what we need to know
  • Coups and the Threat of ‘Feel Good’ Militarism in Africa
  • What is African about digital citizenship in Africa?
  • Ghana: To coup or not to coup? Is that the question?
  • Neither a saint nor a stooge: Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Zulu nationalist
  • The credibility crisis of African regional organizations in the face of coups
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  • Local elections in Cote d'Ivoire

    Local elections signal the death of coalition politics in Côte d’Ivoire

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Local elections in Cote d'Ivoire
  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Elections
3 days ago1 week ago

Local elections signal the death of coalition politics in Côte d’Ivoire

Supporters of the military junta wave Nigerien and Russian flags at a demonstration of support for the coup/CREDIT: EPA-EFE/Issifou Djibo
  • Authoritarian Regimes & Africa
  • Coups
5 days ago1 week ago

Why have coups returned to Africa, and what can be done about it?

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