Zambia’s political tensions were further heightened following the June 2016 leaking of an alleged Patriotic Front manifesto detailing exactly how it planned to rig the upcoming vote
Author: Ryan Cummings
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While delays would undoubtedly serves the president’s interests, forging ahead with the November poll could ultimately be more destabilizing without some larger resolution.
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Amid the devaluation of its currency, rising inflation, and the uncovering of more than $1 billion in hidden debt, Mozambique cannot afford further attacks on the economy.
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Coupled with the threat to tourists has been persistent Islamist militant activity along Tunisia’s long and porous borders with Islamist-embattled Algeria and Libya.
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In the past six months, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have executed two deadly, well-coordinated attacks in Mali and Burkina Faso’s respective capitals of Bamako and Ouagadougou.
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While the election will likely serve as a platform for the long-standing rivalry between Museveni and Besigye, the impact of Mbabazi should not be underestimated.
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While 2015 saw Sub-Saharan Africa overcoming a number of important challenges, it also saw the continuation and often the creation of social, political, and economic obstacles that will define the continent’s security outlook in 2016.
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Unlike in Paris, Beirut, or even Yola and Kano, the majority of acts of mass violence attributed to the group occur in areas of Nigeria where news cameras do not roll and where hospital death records are non-existent.
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Although the likelihood for an Ouattara re-election should prevent a repeat of the 2010-11 violence, voting in Côte d’Ivoire is still fraught with risk.
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Attempts to verify the exact number and identities of the recently liberated Boko Haram hostages have been complicated by the government’s relocation and rehabilitation process.