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CENI reform will destabilise Congo’s Sacred Union

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CONGO-KINSHASA

The political struggle over the CENI threatens to cause a first major crisis for the new ‘Sacred Union’ political majority established by President Felix Tshisekedi less than six…

Free speech in Tunisia will be contested

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TUNISIA

In November, the court had sentenced Ayari in absentia to three years in prison for defaming army officers and senior officials of the defence ministry. The penalty was reduced to…

Congo’s new government faces challenging tenure

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Over those two months, he had to untangle a complex political puzzle to construct a team that would not only be acceptable to the 24 different parties within President Felix…

Congo’s president now faces pressure to deliver

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Tshisekedi thus enters the third year of his mandate able to form a new government, ending his unhappy coalition with Kabila’s Common Front for Congo (FCC) platform, which until…

Kamerhe’s return may fuel Congo’s political volatility

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CONGO-KINSHASA

After years of legal troubles, President Felix Tshisekedi’s former chief of staff used the trip to prove he remains a significant political force, at a time when the entire…

Iran-Saudi Arabia tensions will increase instability

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IRAN/SAUDI ARABIA

This followed a marked intensification of hostile verbal exchanges between Iranian and Saudi officials and religious leaders in the weeks leading up to the annual pilgrimage to…

Beya’s arrest may presage authoritarian drift in Congo

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Beya was a central figure within Tshisekedi’s administration and, with decades of experience, one of its most capable security experts. His sudden fall from grace has generated…

Opposition surge raises instability risks in Gabon

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GABON

Political economy outlook for Gabon.

Congo faces bumpy road to 2023 elections

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Most notably, it includes setting December 20 next year as the date for presidential, legislative, provincial and municipal elections, just before the constitutional deadline for…

Congo faces a period of shifting alliances

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Kabila, meanwhile, on May 22 staged a public handshake with former Katanga Governor Moise Katumbi, a former ally turned bitter rival, raising yet more speculation over how the…