WEST AFRICA

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

CONFLICT | CRISIS

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

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

‘Loss of trust in democratic systems has become a major risk factor’

‘The 26 November coup was staged to disrupt the electoral process’

Burkina Faso: three years of broken promises

Military junta tightens repression and indefinitely postpones return to civilian rule

‘Military juntas are sending the message that they intend to operate outside any system of accountability’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘We are not witnessing a democratic transition, but the consolidation of absolute power’

‘Media and social networks are battlegrounds where rumours and disinformation circulate widely’