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Two coups d’état in 9 months mark the latest inflection point in Burkina Faso’s political instability, causing heightened uncertainty as the country faces an escalating militant Islamist threat.

According to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the number of Kenyans living in poverty has increased by 15% from 2013.

Angola uses a closed-list proportional representation electoral system. Voters cast ballots for lists of candidates drawn up by political parties.

The ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has maintained continuous control over Angolan politics since 1975.

This vulnerability of the Kenyan political process is perpetuated by the organization of political parties around ethnicity and personality rather than ideology.

First-Past-the-Post and Proportional Representation are both electoral systems and/or methods used to elect representatives during elections into power.

In less than two months, Kenya will hold general elections, specifically on the 9th of August. Ethnic mathematics have long been a significant factor in Kenyan elections. Currently, however, it is the economy that is dominating political campaigns. Why so?

Five presidential elections are scheduled to take place in Africa in 2022. While those in Kenya and Angola are high stakes polls given the size of the countries’ economies, those in Sudan and Libya are equally important for the countries’ stability.

Not long ago I drove from Lilongwe to Lusaka, a scenic drive of 728km. Right after Mchinji/Mwami border between Malawi and Zambia is Chipata, the 5th city in Zambia the others being Lusaka the capital, Ndola, Kitwe and Livingstone. Chipata looks busy with all the signs. From well-marked double lane highway to modern shopping malls, South African brands, and significant vehicle and human traffic.

Political violence has played out in different manners in Kenya’s history dating back to 1888 when the British East Africa Company (BEAC) obtained concessionary.