Cameroon has overtaken Burkina Faso as the world’s most neglected humanitarian crisis, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council. The annual list ranks displacement crises by lack of media coverage, funding, and political action. Ethiopia comes in second, its highest-ever position, while Mozambique appears for the first time in third. Burkina Faso, number one for the past two years, now ranks fourth.
Also, in Burundi, voters head to the polls on June 5th to elect new members of parliament and local councillors. But the campaign has been overshadowed by the exclusion of a key opposition figure: Agathon Rwasa, founder of the National Congress for Liberty. The electoral commission has rejected his candidacy, a move he says is politically motivated and part of a wider crackdown by the ruling party, CNDD-FDD. Our correspondent Juliette Montilly met with him in Bujumbura, just days ahead of the vote.
Finally, in Ivory Coast, since 2011 and the end of Ivory Coast's civil war, the West African state's been hailed as a major success story... with big growth on Alassane Ouattara's watch. But the 83-year old's legacy is sure to come under scrutiny with four potential rivals barred from October's presidential election... including the leader of the largest opposition party, the PDCI... Ouattara who's yet to state whether he'll seek a fourth term. Antonia Kerrigan.
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