Mucahid Durmaz

More than 60 per­cent of An­golans are un­der 24 and their frus­tra­tion helped the op­po­si­tion come close to un­seat­ing MPLA.

An­go­la’s op­po­si­tion is look­ing to cap­i­talise on grow­ing dis­sent against the gov­ern­ment, to se­cure pow­er.

Since Jan­u­ary’s coup, the num­ber of at­tacks has in­creased by more than 23 per­cent, com­pared with the five months be­fore.

Ni­amey has con­sis­tent­ly pre­sent­ed an im­age of a friend­ly and re­li­able part­ner to the in­ter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty.

Mer­ce­nar­ies have be­come in­creas­ing­ly in­flu­en­tial as states across Africa bat­tle with an in­crease in armed groups.

Hu­man rights groups slam a $156m tri­al scheme to of­fload thou­sands of refugees to Rwan­da.

Ca­su­al­ties in the West African state are eclips­ing those in its neigh­bour Mali, the birth­place of the con­flict.

De­spite Macron’s re­fusal to ad­mit fail­ure, France’s mil­i­tary in­ter­ven­tion in Mali has been con­tro­ver­sial.

There have been four coups across West Africa in 18 months amid pub­lic col­lapse of trust in state in­sti­tu­tions.

Fears grow that vi­o­lence that has crip­pled coun­tries such as Burk­i­na Faso, Mali and Niger will spill over fur­ther south.