The Challenge Of Protecting Human Rights Against Unconstitutional Changes Of Government In Sub-saharian Africa
Since independence, Africa has faced instabilities in its political institutions. In total, no less than 204 coups d'état have taken place across the continent, particularly...
Freedom of Speech vs. Freedom After Speech in Cameroon
The right to freedom of expression or speech is a fundamental human right enshrined in several international and regional human rights instruments (4). These instruments protect ...
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As a result of Malawi's presidential election of June 23, 2020, opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera was declared the winner over incumbent President Peter Mutharika....
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Sixty years after decolonization, France remains influential in its relations with Africa. Indeed, it has been able to maintain cooperation in French-speaking Africa and...
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After Chad, Mali and Guinea, Burkina Faso has now joined the list of countries hit by a military coup in the last two years...
France-Africa: When the “National Interest” reinvents French Foreign Policy in Africa
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From the official refusal to approve the coup d'état in Mali by suspending its joint military operations with Bamako on June 3, 2021, to...
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Since the May 24, 2021, attack by Colonel Assimi Goïta against the first transitional president Bah N'Daou and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, the...
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Since the 2000s, Africa has experienced accelerated urban growth. Because of this growth, a diversity of public and private actors and institutions are involved...