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  • Aug 14, 2020
  • 7 min read

Votes debacle will add to Puerto Rico's fiscal woes

Puerto Rico has struggled to manage the primary elections for gubernatorial candidates effectively

Puerto Rico
  • Jul 30, 2020
  • 7 min read

Tunisia may lurch from one political crisis to another

A new prime minister-designate has been named after the previous government lasted less than five months

Tunisia
  • Jul 27, 2020
  • 2 min read

Scrutiny will grow over Malagasy COVID-19 response

Official disagreement has emerged over the government's COVID-19 response

Madagascar
  • Jul 24, 2020
  • 7 min read

Togo’s president will prioritise economic recovery

With his principal opponents silenced, the president is firmly in control

Togo
  • Jul 3, 2020
  • 7 min read

Equatorial Guinea’s Obiang will further stifle dissent

The president has shown some willingness to make economic changes but not political ones

Equatorial Guinea
  • Jun 23, 2020
  • 7 min read

Fake news will undermine African response to COVID-19

Misinformation and sometimes deliberate disinformation risks endangering African publics

Madagascar
  • Jun 11, 2020
  • 7 min read

Zimbabwe may face renewed leadership upheaval

The embattled ruling party is using the COVID-19 crisis to divide the opposition

Zimbabwe
  • Jun 9, 2020
  • 2 min read

African regional integration faces new urgency

Lagging regional integration is further complicated by the COVID-19 crisis

Southern Africa
  • May 28, 2020
  • 7 min read

COVID-19 crisis could alter Angolan power dynamics

The pandemic has put state finances into turmoil and complicated the president’s reform agenda

Angola