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Nigerian House of Representatives (photo credit: @houseNGR)

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18 February 2022

In Nigeria, lawmakers will vote electronically on constitutional amendment

Flag of Guinea (photo credit: David Peterson / pixabay)

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7 February 2022

Guinea's interim assembly hold's first session

Coup leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (photocredit: DW.com)

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1 February 2022

In Burkina Faso, junta says constitution is restored after African Union suspension

Capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (photo credit: Dimanche Yaméogo / AFD)

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31 January 2022

In Burkina Faso, military leader says return to constitutional order will occur "when conditions are right"

Televised announcement of president Roch Kaboré's detention (photo credit: Radio Télévision du Burkina)

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25 January 2022

In Burkina Faso, military deposes president and suspends constitution

Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe (photo credit: diggers.news)

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21 January 2022

In Zambia, justice minister announces constitutional reform process has started

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble of Somalia (photo credit: Africanews / Abdirahman Yusuf / AFP)

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11 January 2022

Somalia’s leaders agree to hold delayed parliamentary elections by February 25

Interim president Colonel Assimi Goita (photo credit: Reuters / Amadou Keita)

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7 January 2022

In Mali, military authorities propose 5-year extension of transition period

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Voices From The Field

22 December 2021

In the World of Constitution Building in 2021

Parliament of South Africa (photo credit: David Stanley/flickr)

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8 December 2021

Op-Ed: In South Africa, as draft constitutional amendment for compensationless expropriation sinks, all eyes turn to expropriation bill

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