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SOUTH AFRICA: Ramaphosa will try to exert ANC control
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES254919
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Regional councils are one of the last institutions provided for in the 1996 constitution yet to be realised and are also meant to give life to the ‘special status’ granted last…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254705
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The current government’s mandate was meant to end this year. Instead, elections prescribed for 2021 have been delayed to 2023, ostensibly to allow more time to implement the 2018…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264508
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Supporters of the party, founded and led by former President Laurent Gbagbo, say that the convictions threaten to undo the progress made by official government reconciliation…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276772
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Although the ‘transition’ foreseen under that agreement was intended to end with national elections in 2022, the signatories recently agreed to extend the transition by two years…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272759
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In June, President Uhuru Kenyatta reportedly told opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders that he would back one of them as his successor. Although there is controversy…
The former vice-president took office after President John Magufuli died of heart complications following widespread rumours he had contracted COVID-19. Since coming to power in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260371
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Ethiopia-Eritrea peace process
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238038
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Yet only five political parties are allowed to take part: the number of recognised political parties has been dramatically reduced following electoral changes in recent years that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252639
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This comes amid escalating turbulence in Tigray’s internal political dynamics, and worsening armed conflict between Amhara rebels and the federal army.