IN FOCUS

Gabon: the end of a dictatorship… and the beginning of another?

Military coups rarely lead to democracy

Sudan: millions forced to flee conflict

Urgent humanitarian response needed for the many displaced in the country and across borders

CONFLICT | CRISIS

BRICS: the burgeoning of an international repressive alliance?

New members largely a gallery of authoritarian states

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Zimbabwe: prospects for change denied in skewed election

Ruling party uses every lever available to tilt results

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Guatemala: change within reach

Election result brings hope for revitalisation of democracy

CENTRAL AMERICA

Tunisia: racism on top of repression

Attacks on Black Africans latest tactic of authoritarian president

NORTHERN AFRICA

Thailand: democratic demands for change thwarted

Military-aligned parties part of new government that excludes election winners

Ecuador: stakes high ahead of presidential runoff

Early elections yield inconclusive results amid mounting insecurity challenges

Hong Kong goes after its exiles

International arrest warrants and bounties all part of a picture of transnational repression

Senegal: democracy in the balance?

Protests repressed and media restricted ahead of presidential election