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Guinea’s December 2025 Election: Actors, Ethnic Fault Lines, Foreign Stakes, Consequences

Presidential election set for 28 December 2025, the first vote since the Sept-2021 coup. A new constitution approved on 21 September 2025 (turnout reported 86%, 89% “Yes”) reshaped the rules—7-year presidential term (renewable…

November 4, 2025Guinea

Conflict Corruption Democracy Governance

Serbia’s Student Uprising One Year On: A Crisis of Legitimacy for Vučić

Serbia one year after the student uprising: November 1 protest set to shake the regime In November 2024, mass protests erupted in Novi Sad after a tent collapsed at the city’s…

November 3, 2025Serbia

Democracy Governance

Institutional paralysis in Kosovo – Causes and Consequences

Judging by the current political dynamics, Kosovo appears to be entering one of the most complex periods since its declaration of independence. Following the latest parliamentary elections, the process of…

October 31, 2025Kosovo

Democracy Governance

Cameroon’s 2025 Presidential Election: Results, Reactions, and Implications

Cameroon’s Constitutional Council declared 92-year-old President Paul Biya the winner of the October 12, 2025 presidential election, securing 53.66% of the vote. Biya, Africa’s oldest and one of its longest-ruling leaders, thus earned…

October 29, 2025Cameroon

Conflict Governance ideology Propaganda and Disinformation

The reinvention of an Old Front: Propaganda and Proxy Battles in Northern Kosovo

In the wooded hills and small towns of northern Kosovo there is a familiar script playing itself out - territorial ambiguity, ethnic mistrust, parallel institutions. But there is another script now…

October 29, 2025Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Corruption Democracy Governance

Djibouti’s Presidential Age Limit Abolition: Internal Dynamics and Implications

In late October 2025, Djibouti’s National Assembly voted unanimously to abolish the constitutional provision barring anyone over 75 from running for president. This move removed the last legal obstacle preventing…

October 28, 2025Djibouti

Democracy Governance

Côte d’Ivoire’s Fourth-Term Election: Democracy in Retreat

Even before ballots are cast, Côte d’Ivoire’s 25 October presidential election stands as a symbolic defeat for democracy. Incumbent President Alassane Ouattara is seeking a fourth term—an act that deepens constitutional…

October 24, 2025Cote d’Ivoire

Geopolitics Governance

The Kremlin’s Shadow Game: SVR Exploits Rumors About Xi to Accelerate Power Shift in Russia”

The Russian leadership, represented by Patrushev and Naryshkin, is seeking to accelerate the power transition in the country by exploiting speculation about the health of the Chinese leader. The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of…

October 22, 2025China, Russia

Corruption Coup Governance

A Coup Within the Party: The Mnangagwa–Chiwenga Rift and the Future of Zimbabwe’s Power Structure

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, of incitement and treason in response to a corruption dossier Chiwenga reportedly presented to the Zanu PF politburo, escalating the party's…

October 17, 2025Zimbabwe

Corruption Democracy Governance

Russia’s Managed Succession: Signs of an Approaching Power Transit

Russia Prepares for a Managed Transit of Power Preparations for a controlled transition of power are underway in Russia — a process that has been in planning since as early as 2020. Indicators…

October 17, 2025Patrushev, Russia

Governance

Guinea’s December 2025 Election: Actors, Ethnic Fault Lines, Foreign Stakes, Consequences

Serbia’s Student Uprising One Year On: A Crisis of Legitimacy for Vučić

Institutional paralysis in Kosovo – Causes and Consequences

Cameroon’s 2025 Presidential Election: Results, Reactions, and Implications

The reinvention of an Old Front: Propaganda and Proxy Battles in Northern Kosovo

Djibouti’s Presidential Age Limit Abolition: Internal Dynamics and Implications

Côte d’Ivoire’s Fourth-Term Election: Democracy in Retreat

The Kremlin’s Shadow Game: SVR Exploits Rumors About Xi to Accelerate Power Shift in Russia”

A Coup Within the Party: The Mnangagwa–Chiwenga Rift and the Future of Zimbabwe’s Power Structure

Russia’s Managed Succession: Signs of an Approaching Power Transit

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