WEST AFRICA

Guinea: military rule legitimised through stage-managed election

After four years in power, coup leader has become an elected autocrat

Democracy confined: Côte d’Ivoire’s elections

Presidential and legislative polls consolidate ruling party power amid civic space restrictions

Burkina Faso: three years of broken promises

Military junta tightens repression and indefinitely postpones return to civilian rule

Mali’s blocked transition

Five years of broken promises and escalating repression under military rule

Togo’s uprising: demands for democracy renewed

Youth-led resistance mounts unprecedented challenge to entrenched dynastic rule

Guinea: democracy delayed once more

Latest deadline for democratic transition missed by feet-dragging junta

Togo: demands for democracy repressed – again

Constitutional changes go against the democratic reforms civil society urges

Mali heads in the wrong direction

Military junta ramps up repression instead of calling elections

Senegal’s democracy passes crucial test

Having overcome authoritarian threat, Senegal offers hope for the region

Senegal: democracy in the balance?

Protests repressed and media restricted ahead of presidential election