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General Brice Oligui Nguema, the head of the Committee for the Transition and the Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), a formation formed after the coup, swears in on Gabon’s transitional president during inauguration ceremony in Libreville, Gabon on September 04, 2023. (Photo by Mabondo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
ALI BONGO

A second wave of independence for former French colonies?

Rigging elections has been a national sport in too many of the region’s territories – will Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville be next?

  • Thomas Lesaffre
5 min read
Next month, the UN Security Council (UNSC) will reconvene to consider the implementation of the arms embargo it imposed on South Sudan’s territory in 2018, which expires on 31 May 2023. Photo: Supplied. Photo: AFP
ABDALLA HAMDOK

Tireless Sudanese protesters take on the generals — again

In 2019 Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir was ousted after a massive wave of protests. But the generals who replaced him won’t hand over power. Now the flames of revolution are being…

  • Ayin Network
  • The Continent
4 min read