2022 Year in Review

SUDAN
PHOTO: THE INDEPENDENT
Democracy in Sudan is at risk after
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan overthrew
the transitional government in a military
coup on the 25th of October 2021. Prime
Minister Abdalla Hamdok was detained
along with other ministers over their
stance against the coup. Citizens
expressed civil resistance against the
military and Prime Minister Hamdock was
reinstated a month later before ultimately
resigning on the 2nd of January 2022 over
the conflict and fragility of the nation. The
AU suspended Sudan on the 27th of
October 2021 until the transitional
authorities were restored, a prospect that
seems unlikely in the near future.
GUINEA
On the 5th of September 2021, Colonel
Mamady Doumbouya led the overthrow of
Guinean President Alpha Condé over his
erosion of democracy and his autocratic
behaviours. Notably, President Condé
altered the Guinean Constitution to allow
him to run for a third term, a catalyst for
public outcries and the 2019-2020 Guinean
protests. Doumbouya claimed that ‘the
duty of the solider is to save the country’ as
the National Committee for Reconciliation
and Development announced that Condé’s
altered constitution had been dissolved to
allow for a more inclusive one. The AU
condemned the coup and swiftly
suspended Guinea from the union by
September 10th, 2021.
PHOTO: THE GUARDIAN
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