Topic: African Politics

A man walk past a barricade following an election protest in Libreville, Gabon, Thursday Sept. 1, 2016. Gabon's newly re-elected president sought to assert authority Thursday as the presidential guard attacked the opposition candidate's party headquarters overnight, killing at least one person and injuring more than a dozen amid fiery protests that have seen hundreds detained and the internet blocked. (AP Photo/Joel Bouopda) (AP)

Gabon ponders its future

Gyldas A. Ofoulhast-Othamot - The Conversation
Jane Ferguson, Sana’a, Yemen, June 2018 (Jane Ferguson)

Watching Yemen deteriorate

Keith A. Spencer
Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/Chick Harrity/Patrick Semansky/Photo montage by Salon)

Julius A. Amin - The Conversation