On August 3, will take place municipal elections in South Africa. Millions of South Africans will vote to renew the mandates of mayors and municipal councils in 278 cities. The election will be a test for the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) and the President Jacob Zuma, while the ANC is facing major challenges. The main opposition is represented by the Democratic Alliance (DA). The situation in South Africa is already marked by civil disobedience and Citizen Insurrections. Furthermore, the election will be still marked by racial issues, some people bringing racial charges against the ANC, 3 years after Mandela’s death. Finally, disputes could rise after the results of the elections, as it was the case for the national elections in 2014, in a difficult economic context.

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean leader in his 36th year of reign, is experiencing serious social tension in his country. The situation got worse in the last few weeks, and more and more leaders are calling for strikes against Mugabe’s rule. Evan Mawarire, a 39-year-old Baptist pastor took the leadership of the opposition and is currently calling for international help. Moreover, a turnaround happened on July 23, with the country's independence war veterans attacking directly the President Mugabe, calling him a traitor.

Hissène Habré, former Chad dictator, is requested to pay millions for crimes against humanity in Chad which concern rapes and tortures. This decision was taken by a court in Senegal. The dictator was sentenced by the Extraordinary African Chambers, a court set up specifically to judge him. Hissène Habré was president of Chad in the 1980s. During this perion he built a complex system of terror. Large groups of civilians were arrested, raped and tortured then. They were imprisoned in very poor conditions. He personally oversaw the secret police that administered punishment for accused people.

Paulin Makaya head of small oposition party in Congo has just been sentenced to two years in prison. He was accused for inciting series of riots which are slowly becoming Congloese reality and norm. Frequency of public disorder’s incidents is increasing which is acording to the government causing by opposition groups. The Brazzaville High Court found the United for the Congo (UPC) party leader guilty of organizing and participating in an illigal demonstration against the constitutional referendum in October 2015.

Congolese President Joseph Kabila pardoned 6 pro-democracy activists whose were put in jail. Nevertheless they decided to serve their sentences to express their solidarity with other prisoners of conscience. Activists have made a public statement which was released by their support group Citizens Fighting for Change (Lucha). Organisation is based in Goma, the capital of North Kivu in eastern DRC.Accussed people are less that 30 years old. They were arrested on February during an opposition demonstration and then sentenced to 2 years in prison for starting riots and encouraging people to behave disobediently. After an appeal their sentence was reduced to 6 months in prison. 

Tension beetwen oposition and government in Zimbabwe is reaching crisis peak. It seems like nobody wants to announce a ceasefire and sit at the negotiating table. President Robert Mugabe said that an icon of the This Flag movement, Evan Mawarire, was not a true preacher and accused him of being sponsored by foreign countries in order to destabilise Zimbabwe. Mugabe doesn’t appear to be concerned by numerous anti-government protests outbreaking in the country. He claims that every person (especially Mr Mawarire) who is not content about current situation in imbabwe should leave country immediateley and find a peaceful area to far away from there, closer to the sponsors. Sponsors because president is strongly convinced that every objection to his activity is caused by foreign fundings and unclear intentions.