Flash Briefing: Zim prez joins Davos no shows; AU backtracks on DRC; Edelmans 2019 Trust Barometer

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa joined an already long list of Davos no shows that have taken a lot of shine off the 2019 annual meeting which kicks off tonight. The Ellermans Trust Barometer, which will be officially released in Davos tomorrow, shows a continued worsening of trust in governance institutions - and a growing gap between the way the elites and the general public view the world. The official result of the DRC's presidential election, which is alleged to have been engineered by incumbent tyrant Joseph Kabila, received the sanction of the country's Constitutional Court - and the tacit approval of the African Union which has cancelled sending a delegation to Kinshasa today.