On the 26th of May, President Jose Mario Vaz named Baciro Dja as new Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau according to a presidential decree, sparking protests among the Presidents own political party. After the President had earlier sacked his government on the 12th of May, he had called on his ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) to select a new cabinet that would pull the country out of its current political crisis. With his Presidential decree, the President has ignored his own party who claim to not support Baciro Dja, who held the same position briefly last year but was removed when the supreme court decided his placement was unconstitutional. Repeating earlier mistakes, political parties were again not consulted with the placement of new political actors as the country’s political crisis is spiraling downwards. The UN Security Council has said it will take actions to prevent a crisis and calls on the country’s military not to intervene in the political conflict.

On Thursday, 12th of may, president of Guinea-Bissau, Jose Mario Vaz, sacked his entire cabinet, alledging that they failed in being true in their duty of service to the people. As Vaz had informed political actors and displomats earlier that week, in an attempt to resolve the current instability, he chose the option of sacking the government rather than dissolving the Parliament and summon early elections. He demanded of the ruling party that they appoint a new cabinet to lead the country out of its political crisis. Vaz already dismissed last year PAIGC leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, resulting in the current crisis. Three prime ministers succeeded each other in only three months.

Less than one month after President Zuma survived an impeachment vote within Parliament for failing to repay funds he spend on rebuilding his private home, the high court in Pretoria has now ruled that he is still facing up to 800 charges for corruption and deems the national prosecutor’s decision to drop those charges as "irrational". The President denies the charges and merely says he will give consideration to the court's judgement. Main political opposition group The Democratic Alliance is outraged and demands that the prosecution continues as the rule of law should apply to everyone. The ruling marks another blow for Zuma and the ruling African National Congress as South Africa eyes important local elections in August.

In the wake of a civil war that broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (part of the ethnic Dinka’s) has formed a transitional government of national unity with former vice-president and rebel leader Riek Machar (part of the ethnic Nuer). The civil war broke out following an alleged coup by Nuer military troops and violent clashes sparking division in the army largely along ethnic lines. The African Union (AU) has welcomed the formation of the South Sudan’s transitional government as part of the peace agreement that was struck in August 2015 following warnings by the U.S. and has announced to facilitate the implementation of the peace agreement to help both sides overcome any outstanding issues. The unity government is to face the task of prioritizing security reforms and recovering the fragile economy to eliminate peoples incentives to take up arms again.

After a referendum held between 11 and 13 April, the people of Sudan have voted to keep the region of conflict-torn Darfur divided into five states. Rebel and opposition groups in the region have claimed that the splitting-up has led to a tactic of divide-and-rule for the Khartoum based government and would additionally have led to the renewed fighting in 2003. The state referendum commission nevertheless stated that 97% of voters were in favour of the multi-state system with a turnout of 93% of the registered voters which amounted to less than half the population of Darfur. The opposition groups have claimed these figures to be false and analysts have stated that the government opposes unification of Darfur because it would give rebels more legitimacy power to push for independence.

After almost two weeks of tensions during the vote-counting of Chad’s presidential elections of 10 April, incumbent President Idriss Déby, of the Patriotic Salvation Movement, has secured his fifth term. Déby received 62% of the votes in the first round, followed by his rival Saleh Kebzabo, from the National Union for Democracy and Renewal, who gained only 13%. While the results were as expected, Déby’s popularity has diminished since the elections of 2011 where he won with 83,6% percent. President Déby has been ruling the country for 26 years after he gained the leadership following a successful coup in 1990 and has avoided a second voting round since 1996. The electoral commission claims a voter turnout of 71%.