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March 21st, 2012
When the Ivoirian electoral crisis ended
and the internationally-recognized Alassane Ouattara took office at the head of
the country, in April of last year, the idea that the decades-long resentment
and anger that had been simmering in the country...
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March 4th, 2012
The first round of the Senegalese elections is over, political
violence is still causing worry in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a myriad
of other issues are grabbing headlines in the region. One other conflict that
has escalated recently is...
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March 4th, 2012
Last
time I wrote about the Senegalese presidential elections, looking sort of at
the next step that opposition candidates would take faced with both the
constitutional court’s ruling in favor of incumbent Wade running for office and
what seemed to...
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February 8th, 2012
Senegal’s
political scene has heated up in the past few days, following a decision by
that country’s Constitutional Council that allowed the incumbent president
Abdoulaye Wade to present himself for a third term at the next presidential
election....
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January 18th, 2012
Hillary Clinton
has pursued her visit to several African states with a stop in Côte d’Ivoire on the 17th
of this past month. The American secretary of state met with President Alassane
Ouattara to discuss Cote d’Ivoire’s political and economic...
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December 23rd, 2011
Another season, another electoral crisis. The 2008 Kenyan electoral crisis, the 2010-2011 Ivoirian electoral crisis... Are we headed towards an electoral crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
The Democratic Republic of Congo has just recently...
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December 6th, 2011
2011 will be remembered as a milestone year in youth mobilization. From the ‘indignados’ in Spain and the occupiers on the streets of New York and California to the youth of Tahrir Square in Egypt and the revolutionaries in Libya, the voices...
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October 30th, 2011
Cote D’Ivoire is slowly getting back on its feet following several months of an electoral scandal and several years of civil war and political tension, under the direction of President Alassane Ouattara. Political stability has largely...
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October 14th, 2011
On the 9th of October last, Cameroonians took part in presidential elections to determine the next leader of the central-West African Republic. While some two weeks are needed to be sure of the result, all signs point to Paul Biya, the incumbent,...
When the Ivoirian electoral crisis ended and the internationally-recognized Alassane Ouattara took office at the head of the country, in April of last year, the idea that the decades-long resentment and anger that had been simmering in the country...
The first round of the Senegalese elections is over, political violence is still causing worry in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a myriad of other issues are grabbing headlines in the region. One other conflict that has escalated recently is...
Last time I wrote about the Senegalese presidential elections, looking sort of at the next step that opposition candidates would take faced with both the constitutional court’s ruling in favor of incumbent Wade running for office and what seemed to...
Senegal’s political scene has heated up in the past few days, following a decision by that country’s Constitutional Council that allowed the incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade to present himself for a third term at the next presidential election....
Hillary Clinton has pursued her visit to several African states with a stop in Côte d’Ivoire on the 17th of this past month. The American secretary of state met with President Alassane Ouattara to discuss Cote d’Ivoire’s political and economic...
Another season, another electoral crisis. The 2008 Kenyan electoral crisis, the 2010-2011 Ivoirian electoral crisis... Are we headed towards an electoral crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo? The Democratic Republic of Congo has just recently...
2011 will be remembered as a milestone year in youth mobilization. From the ‘indignados’ in Spain and the occupiers on the streets of New York and California to the youth of Tahrir Square in Egypt and the revolutionaries in Libya, the voices...
Cote D’Ivoire is slowly getting back on its feet following several months of an electoral scandal and several years of civil war and political tension, under the direction of President Alassane Ouattara. Political stability has largely...
On the 9th of October last, Cameroonians took part in presidential elections to determine the next leader of the central-West African Republic. While some two weeks are needed to be sure of the result, all signs point to Paul Biya, the incumbent,...
