Guinea: new hope for elections with new electoral body
Guinea’s military junta, which has been ruling since September 2021, has created The Directorate General of Elections (DGE), an institution...
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Strikes erupt as Morocco’s government workers grow restive
Morroco’s disgruntled workers have launched rolling strikes this June raising fears of wider resistance as the Kingdom increasingly cracks down...
‘Non-Inclusive’ leadership threatens Nigeria’s ethnic balance
Nigeria’s entrenched ethnic tensions are threatening to boil over with President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments, which have reignited questions of...
Survey reveals growing apathy among Moroccan voters
With the 2026 Moroccan general elections looming, a new Afrobarometer survey reveals an increasingly apathetic voter base that may lead...
Nanjala Nyabola: Democracy in East Africa must be saved
Last week, Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire was finally set free five days after she was detained by the Tanzanian police for unclear...
Nigeria drops plan to jail non-voters after public outcry
Nigeria has backed down from a contentious proposal to make voting mandatory following heavy backlash, underscoring the widening rift between...
House-Council power struggle stalls Libya’s transition period
A political rift in the Libyan parliament has emerged as representatives clash over who has the right to name the...
Tunisia’s democracy faces breaking point
The future of Tunisian democracy hangs in the balance after former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh was sentenced to 34 years...
Hundreds protest in Mali against junta’s attempt to extend power
Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Palais de Culture in Mali’s capital, Bamako, on May 3rd and 4th in the...
MP killed by gunmen in Kenyan capital
The Kenyan MP Charles Ong'ondo Were has been shot dead whilst in his car in the capital Nairobi after being...
Mali’s military regime could be in power until 2030
Mali’s junta leader, Gen. Assimi Goïta, has won the backing of key political figures that could secure him presidency for...
Turkey: Over 1000 arrested in protests as democracy in crisis
Over 1,000 people have been arrested in anti-government protests in Turkey in a move which could signal Turkish democracy in...
Carrie Schenkel and James Storen: MENA region needs platform politics
The organization of political parties has served multiple distinct roles in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In many...
Social media posts lead to arrests in Algeria
Dozens more people have been arrested in Algeria after taking to social media to criticise the Algerian government, according to...
Moroccan Islamist group label monarchy as undemocratic
Moroccan Islamist movement, Al Adl Wal Ihsane (AWI), are publicly opposing the legitimacy of the monarchy, for the first time...
