Search results

Harsher grip will speed Turkey's drift to violence

Location:

TURKEY

The latest bombing is the third in the capital since October, taking the total killed to nearly 170. The October incident is attributed to Islamic State group, the February one…

Sudan’s new government offers few new ideas

Location:

SUDAN

The ruling party's response to the Sudan protests.

Africa may experience a new wave of coups

Location:

AFRICA

Following Zimbabwe’s 2017 ‘military assisted transition’, in the last two years governments have been removed by coups in Chad, Mali (twice), Guinea and now Sudan. Governments…

Cameroon anglophone crisis may enter new stalemate

Location:

CAMEROON

Biya's rare public address follows a recent boycott called for by separatist groups in the predominantly anglophone Northwest and Southwest regions following the sentencing of…

Nemtsov's death heralds darker era in Russia

Location:

RUSSIA

Nemtsov was killed on February 27 by several shots fired from a passing car, on Moscow's Bolshoi Mosvoretsky Bridge near the Kremlin. He had been due to take part in the…

Anti-government mood will go on after Armenian crisis

Location:

ARMENIA

Sargsyan referred to pledges to observe the ceasefire, allow more international monitors and investigate clashes. There was no official mention of conceding Armenian-controlled…

Rising violence risks deepening Burkinabe fault lines

Location:

BURKINA FASO

The attacks targeting ethnic Peulh (Fulani) communities have been attributed to the ethnic Mossi-dominated 'Koglweogo' (Guardians of the Bush) vigilante group, in the latest…

Nigerian government will look to prevent more protests

Location:

NIGERIA

However, except in a few states, these panels have been slow to start restitution processes. Their existence was recently threatened by a legal challenge -- now withdrawn -- by…

Turkey-US relationship will become more transactional

Location:

TURKEY/US

The Turkish government's crackdown on internal dissent, and its opposition to Kurdish groups at home and abroad have placed its NATO ally, the United States, in an awkward…

Concentrating political power is risk to Tajikistan

Location:

TAJIKISTAN

Stability risks in Tajikistan.