On August 18, 2020, a coup d’état took place in Mali, where an incipient transtion was taking place since the 2012 military coup and war. After that, the country experienced a new military coup, now a military-to-military one, on May 24, 2021. Then, as pieces of a...
El 26 de julio se produjo un golpe de estado en este estratégico país africano. Lo que comenzó como un amotinamiento, finalmente terminó como un golpe militar. Así, Níger se suma a otros países de la región, que también han sufrido por la ruptura del sistema...
In 2018, Salva Kiir and Riek Machar signed a peace agreement, which aimed to end the 5-year civil war and prepare the path towards reconciliation. This latter issue is essential in order to build a solid institutional structure for the country, which not only faces the remains of the civil war but also has to deal with the climate change, seasonal floods and regional instability. Even worse, intercommunal violence has not stopped since 2018’s agreement and is still a big threat to the peace process of the world’s newest country.
Between January 23 and 24, militaries ended the era of Roch Kaboré as president of Burkina Faso. So, the emerging transition received a mortal hit and, therefore, the country once again is under the rule of an authoritarian regime lead by militaries. In this context, it is proper to analyse why this is happening.
On April 20th, the longtime President of Chad was killed and, according to the official statement, no specific information was given. Beyond this confusing issue, the fact is that Idriss Déby, who had recently won the presidential election, is dead and, therefore the country is facing an unknown fate.
On November 3, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) attacked an army base of Ethiopia’s federal government. Immediately after, Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, announced that they would respond with a military offensive. The following hours were too tense as telecommunications were shut down and the air space in the northern region of the country was closed. Furthermore, the Federal Council of Ministers declared a six-month state of emergency.
El siguiente documento analiza el proceso electoral que se realizó en octubre. En este sentido, se presentan la información general del sistema político guineano, los partidos políticos, los candidatos, el contexto previo, los comicios en sí, los resultados y las...