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The uneasy calm during the first round of voting in Guinea’s presidential election is unraveling fast. Guineans and their international friends had hoped that the elections would end the political turmoil that has roiled the country since the stadium massacre last year. As of now, the latest round of violence shows the limits of elections in resolving deep-seated internal conflicts. Read more »
Africa in Transition signals the most important political, security, and social developments occurring in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) special summit on the Zimbabwe elections went ahead on June 15 in Maputo, Mozambique,…
This is a guest post by Dominic Bocci, assistant director at the Council on Foreign Relations’ David Rockefeller Studies Program….
This is a guest post by Charlotte Renfield-Miller; a master of arts in law and diplomacy candidate at The Fletcher School…
President Robert Mugabe on June 13, set July 31 as Zimbabwe’s election day. The chief opposition leader and current prime minister,…
France and the United States are leading the push for elections to proceed on schedule in Mali in late July. The…
Former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell explores Nigeria's postcolonial history and examines the events and conditions that have carried this troubled giant to the edge.
Kintunde Akinleye/Courtesy Reuters
The interactive Nigeria Security Tracker documents and maps violence motivated by political, economic, or social grievances.
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