Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya and the first lady Lauriane Doumbouya in Conakry, Guinea, on December 28, 2025 (Source: Citizen Digital). On the night of Friday March 6th, Guinea's military Junta sent out a shocking decree dissolving 40 political parties, including the country’s three main opposition parties. The move was quickly condemned by civil society leaders as a move towards a one-party state under President Mamady Doumbouya. The decree, signed by Guinea's Minister

A one-year deployment in five provinces has resulted in controversy among Parliamentarians, with some seeing it as a necessary move but others expressing concerns that it sets a bad precedent and ignores the deeper problems in South African policing. On March 1st, the South African military began the country's most extensive domestic crime deployment in nearly a decade, with soldiers from the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) being deployed in gang affected townshi