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3 June 2016

South Sudan to establish committee to review number and boundaries of states

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (photo credit: VOA)

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2 June 2016

Cote d'Ivoire to draft new constitution; nationality clause and vice-presidency on focus

Protesters calling for disbandment of electoral commission (photo credit: Ben Curtis/AP)

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1 June 2016

Kenyan MPs agree to reform composition of IEBC (electoral commission)

The courtyard of Zaituna Mosque, the central mosque in Tunis (photo credit: Religion News Service/Tom Heneghan)

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24 May 2016

Op-ed: Tunisia’s Ennahda movement renounces political Islam

President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (photo credit: Hiiraan Online)

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23 May 2016

Somali president bypasses parliament on electoral model, international actors laud the move

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23 May 2016

ECOWAS Parliament urges Liberia to reconsider 'Christian State' proposal

Kenyan parliament (photo credit: African Arguments)

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23 May 2016

Kenyan parliamentary working group proposes radical constitutional amendments, including mandatory voting

President Joseph Kabila (photo credit: LH5)

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18 May 2016

Op-ed: DRC, term limits, constitutional 'coups', and the African Union's key role

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni (photo credit: The Observer)

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17 May 2016

Uganda shifts focus to constitutional change to abolish presidential-age limits

President Joseph Kabila (photo credit: Africa News)

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12 May 2016

DRC's Kabila to stay in power if elections not held, despite constitutional terms

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