Crisis Group's Senior Nigeria analyst Nnamdi Obasi explains the risk of violence around the 2015 elections in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s politics is sliding dangerously towards violence before, during and after the February 2015 elections. With only three months to the polls, mitigating bloodshed requires urgent improvements in security and electoral arrangements, as well as in political mind-sets.
Cameroon’s apparent stability belies the variety of internal and external pressures threatening the country’s future. Without social and political change, a weakened Cameroon could become another flashpoint in the region.
If President Blaise Compaoré fails to manage his departure well, the country could face political upheaval in an increasingly troubled region.
Since the 2010 boycotted elections, Burundi is steadily drifting away from what was initially regarded as a peacemaking model, and violence from both the ruling party and the opposition is threatening stability.
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