With this commentary, coming in the wake of our annual Ten Conflicts to Watch and EU Watch List, Crisis Group turns to what 2019 will mean for the African continent and the African Union (AU) ahead of its February summit.
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The broad trends identified in those two preceding publications are mirrored here as well, to wit: a transition wrapped in a transition, wrapped in a transition.
The first transition is occurring at the local level, where entrenched governments face a perilous mix of social unrest and political contestation.
2019 is still young, but it already bears ugly scars of violent repression, in Sudan, Zimbabwe and…