Across the continent this week, one question kept surfacing: who truly holds the power to decide. Voters claimed it at the ballot box, coalition partners wrestled over it, and armed groups challenged the state for it.
From a governor’s race in Nigeria to a quiet power play inside South Africa’s coalition, and from a tense Kenyan treasury to the embattled Sahel, the theme was the same. Authority is being contested, openly and everywhere.
Today’s Africa Intelligence Brief covers the continent’s politics, economy, and security. We pulled it together from major African outlets in English, French, Arabic, Portuguese, and Swahili.
Nigeria — The Voters Decide
An Incumbent Holds
