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Ethiopia shows East Africa leadership transition risks

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EAST AFRICA

The outlook for leadership transitions in East Africa.

Ramaphosa will ward off leadership challengers

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SOUTH AFRICA

In it, she took aim at high-level judges and politicians using terms such as "mentally colonised Africans" and attacked what she called a "neo-liberal constitution" of "foreign…

West Africa JNIM jihadists may face internal tensions

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WEST AFRICA

JNIM’s top leader Iyad ag Ghali and key deputy Amadou Koufa, have been in place since the group’s 2017 creation, giving the group some leadership continuity, despite a period of…

Ethiopia's post-poll focus will be on the economy

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ETHIOPIA

These were the first polls since the death in office of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in 2012. The outcome is not in doubt: a significant political mobilisation operation and…

Ethiopia’s new premier will face familiar challenges

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ETHIOPIA

Securing the premiership caps a sharp rise for Abiy within both the Oromo People’s Democratic Organisation (OPDO), of which he became leader in February, and the EPRDF. Abiy and…

South Africa’s ruling party will fracture further

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SOUTH AFRICA

Such changes would attempt to avoid a fractious leadership battle that could further expose party rifts. After South Africa narrowly avoided a ratings agency downgrade last year…

Poor leadership will hamper South African policing

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African Policing

African Union faces high expectations but low capacity

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AFRICA

The Summit came amid challenging internal and external circumstances including old and new conflicts, military coups, economic struggles, sluggish economic integration, democratic…

Leadership, labour woes to hurt South Africa mining

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SOUTH AFRICA

The gold sector has so far avoided strikes (NUM concluded a wage agreement affecting two firms on October 2), unlike the wider mining sector. Government policies and support…

Zimbabwe's opposition faces further marginalisation

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ZIMBABWE

In practice, corruption charges are levied against dissident ZANU-PF members and especially against the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A), which…