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Sudan coup: How protesters upped the ante and forced al-Bashir from power

Following months of protests, and a prolonged sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was placed under house arrest on April 11 as the country’s military prepared for a transitional government
Omar al-Bashir, then Sudan's president, arrives in Juba in 2011.
Opinion

It’s becoming clearer that Mnangagwa is not Zimbabwe’s saviour

The last few days have wiped out any trust people might have had in the ability of the November 2017 coup that toppled Robert Mugabe to bring democratic and socio-economic rights to Zimbabwe’s long-suffering people
Presidents Vladimir Putin (Russia) and Emmerson Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe) in Moscow in January 2019
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Quality of Uganda’s institutions and policies unchanged in 2017 – World Bank

The quality of Ugandan government policies and institutions remained unchanged in 2017, according to the World Bank's annual sub-Saharan country policy and institutional assessment report
The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC.
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Zimbabwe’s historic elections: Change, but no change

Both presidential candidates and political parties in Zimbabwe's election promised peace and a new beginning. But, when the chips were down and the votes began to show a familiar trend of Zanu-PF dominance, both parties resorted to old tactics.
Zimbabwean soldiers during 2017 coup against Robert Mugabe
Politics & Policy

Why elections don’t always equal democracy: the case of Kenya

The turn of events in favour of President Kenyatta is not surprising. It suggests that the process of free elections was never intended to help the country democratise. This mirrors events in other seemingly transitioning countries such as Zimbabwe or Senegal
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