This Monday found power probed from every side across the continent. Burkina Faso tore up its last formal tie to its former colonizer, while Senegal’s parliament moved to rewrite the constitution itself.

In Uganda the state ringed a newsroom, and in South Africa the street set a deadline on who belongs. From Ouagadougou to Dakar to Kampala, the day’s theme was a single one: how far power can reach, and what pushes back.

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.

Burkina Faso — The Last Tie Cut

An Unprecedented Break