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  • President Denis Sassou Nguesso won the 2021 elections to secure another term.
    Congo-BrazzavillePoliticsTop story

    Congo: Sassou Nguesso wins another term but still faces two big threats

    By Brett L. Carter
    April 13, 2021
    Managing elections through violence is one thing. Managing a handover of power to a family member is another. On 21 March, the Republic of ...
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  • central african republic us: Several foreign partners are involved in the CAR, from the UN to Russia and France, but few have the perceived neutrality to intervene diplomatically. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
    Central African RepublicPoliticsTop story

    Why the Central African Republic and the US might need each other

    By Gervais Lakosso, Alexandra Lamarche & John Lechner
    April 7, 2021
    The US has the neutrality and influence to mediate in the CAR. It would also be a chance for Biden to show that diplomacy ...
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  • elections: President Idriss Déby of Chad has been in power since 1990. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    CentralChadPoliticsTop story

    Chad elections: President Déby seeks a sixth term in a region for old men

    By David Kode
    April 7, 2021
    Central Africa boasts many of the world’s longest-standing authoritarian rulers. But protests are growing. In a familiar pattern than continues to be repeated, President ...
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  • ISIS-DRC US sanctions against ADF come as US military advisers and the UN peacekeeping MONUSCO show renewed interest in supporting Congolese forces FARDC in conducting operations against the ADF. Credit: MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti.
    Congo-KinshasaPoliticsTop story

    The US has placed sanctions on ISIS-DRC, but does the group even exist?

    By Robert Flummerfelt & Judith Verweijen
    March 31, 2021
    In recent interviews with detained ADF rebels, some hadn’t even heard of ISIS. On 10 March, the US Department of State designated a rebel ...
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    The seven African governments using Israeli cyberespionage tools

    By Suraya Dadoo
    February 23, 2021
    A recent report detected several government agencies using Circles’ platforms to snoop on texts, calls and locate private individuals. As internet penetration and smartphone ...
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  • Russia. President Faustin-Archange Touadera of the Central Africa Republic officially won a second term in the December 2020 elections. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    Central African RepublicPoliticsTop story

    Russia in the Central African Republic: New allies, same challenges

    By Tigranna Zakaryan
    February 23, 2021
    Russia recently sent an additional 300 military advisors to support President Touadéra as part of a deepening relationship. What’s in it for each side? ...
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  • drc congo new prime minister sama lukonde
    Congo-KinshasaPoliticsTop story

    DRC: New prime minister, new era?

    By Kris Berwouts
    February 17, 2021
    Tshisekedi has outmanoeuvred his predecessor and has now appointed a PM. But is a victory for the president one for the Congolese people? On ...
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  • President Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC in Washington, DC, in March 2020. Credit: IMF/Joshua Roberts.
    Congo-KinshasaPoliticsTop story

    DRC: What now that President Tshisekedi has taken control?

    By Stephanie Wolters
    December 15, 2020
    Tshisekedi has liberated himself from his rivals, but it remains to be seen if this will be a victory for the country or just ...
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  • deaths President Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC (right) meeting with his Rwandan counterpart. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    Congo-KinshasaPolitics

    DRC: Rumours abound after series of deaths in the president’s entourage

    By Georges Kasongo Kalumba & Lisa Jené
    November 12, 2020
    From plane crashes to COVID complications, over twenty of President Tshisekedi’s allies died in the course of just one year.  In the course of ...
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  • anglophone crisis At a primary school in Cameroon. Credit: GPE/Stephan Bachenheimer.
    CameroonPoliticsSocietyTop story

    After the Kumba massacre: Schools in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis

    By R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    November 3, 2020
    Until recently, activists in the diaspora and separatists had insisted that schools remain closed and used violence to ensure it. On 24 October, armed ...
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  • elections: President Idriss Déby of Chad has been in power since 1990. Credit: Paul Kagame.

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