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The democratic systems in Tunisia and Sudan constitute the bookends of the Arab Spring uprisings in West Africa and North Africa over the last decade. However, a month later, on November 21, in the face of massive public protests, Gen. Burhan released Mr. Hamdok and agreed to restore the transition process, though there are serious concerns across the country about …

Early morning on October 25, the Sudanese military appeared to launch a coup against the transitional government of the country. The army's actions come as part of a longer-running crisis, one that Prime Minister Hamdok previously described as Sudan's "worst and most dangerous crisis" since the removal of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Decades of corruption Military leaders remain …

West Africa bloc freezes financial assets, imposes travel bans on Guinea’s coup leaders while also calling for elections in Mali by February 2022. West Africa’s main regional bloc has imposed sanctions against the military government in Guinea and those slowing Mali’s post-coup transition – its toughest response yet to a run of military takeovers. The move on Thursday was agreed …