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1 – 10 of 12The National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) coalition, a grouping of opposition parties and civil society groups, has vowed to continue protests until the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247130
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The twin votes were marred by an opposition boycott, allegations of electoral fraud and apparent state-backed violence. With a COVID-19-related state of emergency now in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252187
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Prospects for South-east Asia in 2017.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216044
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It remains unclear whether the main opposition candidate, former President Henri Konan Bedie (1993-99), will propose a boycott of the October 31 polls. Meanwhile, the state…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256815
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the SoE following a four-and-half-hour National Security Council meeting on July 20, five days after a failed coup. A countrywide SoE is a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212551
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This has intensified political wrangling among potential aspirants in the south-west, the southern geopolitical zone with the largest voting bloc. The former Lagos State governor…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261315
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In practice, corruption charges are levied against dissident ZANU-PF members and especially against the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A), which…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259067
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Presidential elections in the other five (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Niger) are set for the fourth quarter. While ECOWAS touts its regional trade and monetary…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250834
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Incumbent President Peter Mutharika of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) narrowly won re-election, ahead of the main opposition candidates, Lazarus Chakwera of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245458
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The authorities are following up the swift defeat of the amateurish attempt to seize power by a group of junior officers on July 15-16. The would-be coup was violent: at least…