benin’s-real-coup-already-happened-under-president-talon

The failed coup exposed how far Benin’s democracy has already decayed., Africa’s expanding coup belt gained a new front line on December 7, when soldiers appeared on Benin’s state television claiming power. Led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri and calling themselves the “Military Committee for Refoundation”, eight uniformed men declaredContinue Reading

analysis:-bangladesh’s-bnp-seeks-hasina’s-liberal-mantle-before-elections

The split between the BNP and the Jamaat-e-Islami could dramatically reshape Bangladesh’s political landscape., The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the country’s largest political party, is decisively breaking its decades-long alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islami, the South Asian nation’s biggest Islamist group, repositioning itself instead as a liberal, democratic force before nationalContinue Reading