Sudanese power struggle post al-Bashir as protests rage on

Sudanese pro-democracy protesters won further concessions from the army that overthrew President Omar al-Bashir, as upheaval in the ruling military council signals a power struggle among the remnants of his 30-year regime.

Wisdom is scarce for a world overdosed in information

EU observers have officially stated Gabon’s vote “lacked transparency”. But that doesn’t count for much on a continent where political leaders are blindly loyal to peers regardless of their tarnished records. Witness the African Union’s defence of Robert Mugabe and Omar al-Bashir.