AFRICA

KENYA: ‘The energy seems to have moved from the streets to the ballot box’

Ahmednoor Haji | KENYA

AI: ‘African governments are using “smart city” systems to monitor dissent and consolidate state control’

Wairagala Wakabi | UGANDA

TUNISIA: ‘Human rights deserve to be defended, even when that involves taking risks’

Khabir Moncef | TUNISIA

NORTHERN AFRICA

ZIMBABWE: ‘The government is changing the rules to keep itself in power’

Narshon T Kohlo | ZIMBABWE

SOUTHERN AFRICA

CONGO: ‘The result was already decided before polling stations opened’

Ivan Kibangou Ngoy | REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

AFRICA: ‘The African Union must live up to its principles in practice, not just on paper’

Olorunyomi Pauline Adedigba | NIGERIA

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

NIGERIA: ‘Air power can’t address complex and deeply rooted security challenges’

Ibrahim Baba Shatambaya | NIGERIA

CONFLICT | CRISIS

BURKINA FASO: ‘The dissolution of parties complicates the return to constitutional order’

anonymous | BURKINA FASO

‘The process looks democratic on paper, but genuine competition is systematically undermined’

Nalongo Nana Mwafrika | UGANDA

‘The global system works against petty corruption, but collapses when corruption becomes grand, political and organised’

Ruth Kolevsohn | SOUTH AFRICA

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE