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The institutions are holding. The votes are counting. The outbreak is not waiting. THIS WEEK’S EDITION POWER ON TRIAL » South Africa’s impeachment committee is constituted and has a chair. The process is historic. The bar for removing Ramaphosa, however, remains very high. He almost certainly has the numbers to survive it. POWER EXTENDED » […]
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In a move that could redraw Nigeria’s political map for a generation, a powerful new coalition of opposition parties, regional heavyweights and disaffected ruling-party defectors has formally launched what insiders are calling the most serious challenge to the APC-PDP duopoly since the return of democracy in 1999. The Alliance for National Renewal (ANR) was unveiled […]
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A negotiator returns. A parliament purged. A war without end. Power won: Wadagni takes the presidency in Benin. Guelleh secures a sixth term in Djibouti. Kiir installs his replacements in South Sudan’s parliament the same day he removes the incumbents. Power lost: Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba is stripped of her role overnight. Malema waits to learn if […]
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