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Togo's president will face few obstacles to his power

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TOGO

Plans to hold regional elections -- a key plank of President Faure Gnassingbe’s administrative decentralisation programme -- have been repeatedly postponed since first announced…

Sudan’s draft electoral law will deepen poll fears

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SUDAN

Sudan's draft electoral law.

Oromo-Amhara unrest will deepen Ethiopian instability

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ETHIOPIA

The conflict adds to the diverse security challenges facing Ethiopia and threatens fragile Amhara-Oromo relations within the ruling Prosperity Party and beyond.

Ethiopia's Tigray-federal standoff may escalate

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ETHIOPIA

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has dismissed the possibility of a resort to force, but relations with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) regional government are rapidly…

African election monitoring will need domestic focus

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AFRICA

Election monitoring in Africa

Congo’s electoral reform process will pose challenges

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CONGO-KINSHASA

After three successive electoral cycles (2006, 2011 and 2018) of decreasing legitimacy, one of the most sensitive issues on the new government’s agenda is electoral reform.

South Sudan elections may face further delays

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SOUTH SUDAN

However, despite considerable progress towards new electoral legislation, senior leaders from the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) are already suggesting the…

CAR elites will struggle to ease post-election chaos

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CAR

However, just weeks before the polls, rebels launched a new military offensive that prevented voting in many areas, while just days afterwards the opposition challenged the…

Cameroon’s anglophone crisis threatens to escalate

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CAMEROON

Hosting the CHAN was an attempt by President Paul Biya's government to convince international audiences that it can host the AFCON despite ongoing conflict in the predominantly…

Somalia’s regional election disputes will fester

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SOMALIA

However, the process was marred by allegations of Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) manipulation and the formation of breakaway administrations by both incumbent President Ahmed…