October 26, 2022
South Africa: The ANC's Power Games Have Led It to a Make or Break Moment
As factional fighting dominates South Africa's ruling party, it is the public that pay the cost. Read more »
October 20, 2022
Africa: Can't Buy Me Trust - Why Are the Continent's Elections So Costly Yet Contested?
The continent spends more running elections than almost any other region. But trust in electoral processes cannot be bought. It has to be earned. Read more »
October 18, 2022
Senegal: "People Will Become More Radical" - Senegal And The Limits Of Protest
Senegal has a rich history of social movements, but they have done more to resolve political conflicts than open up new horizons... at least up to now. Read more »
October 13, 2022
Africa: Borders Areas Should Be Used, Not Feared, in Pandemic Responses
Uganda's experience shows how communities near borders come up with effective strategies for disease control, while resisting disruptive state ones. Read more »
October 05, 2022
Sudan: Sudan's Misguided Fixation With Finding a Transformative Constitution
A constitution can only be transformative if it is powered by the people, empowers the people, and is part of a broader political project. Read more »
September 23, 2022
Ethiopia: Counter-Insurgency in Ethiopia - Civil War, Drought and Internal Displacement
In 2021, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ethiopia was estimated at more than 5.1 million according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The… Read more »
September 15, 2022
Angola: Anatomy of a Stolen Election
The MPLA's crisis of legitimacy could be sowing the seeds of a revolution against itself. Read more »
September 14, 2022
Angola: The Real Winners of Angola's Election
The electorate's popular will may have been defied by the MPLA's victory, but the people were more organised, engaged and vigorous than ever before. Read more »
September 07, 2022
Kenya: New Govt Has a Chance to Secure Reproductive Rights
Kenya's sexual health rights are beholden to US decisionmakers. New legislators must take back control. Read more »
August 31, 2022
Nigeria: Old Faces, New Hopes - Meet the 2023 Presidential Candidates
Four men lead the race to be Nigeria's next president. Who are they and what do they stand for? Read more »
August 24, 2022
Zambia: An Assessment of President Hichilema's First Year
The new president came to power promising widespread change. A year on, his supporters see him as a saviour, his critics as an abject failure. Read more »
August 10, 2022
Uganda: Is Co-Opting the Opposition Shrewd Politics or a Desperate Ploy?
Uganda's oldest opposition party is now allied to President Museveni's NRM. Read more »
July 26, 2022
Kenya: Three Reasons Ethnicity Will Count for Less in Upcoming Vote
Elections have always been about much more than ethnicity, but this will be particularly so this 9 August. Read more »
July 22, 2022
Ethiopia: What's Driving the Violence in Oromia?
The state has been pressured into talks in Tigray but not in Oromia, where a liberation movement complainsof generations of subjugation. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'I Have to Work in a Field' - 300,000 Teachers in DRC Going Unpaid
Since primary education was made free in 2019, there has been a steep rise in both numbers of students and teachers working for nothing. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Zimbabwe: 'Zimdancehall Is Dead' - Critics Say Ghetto Sound Was Sold for a Song
Zimdancehall was once known for its revolutionary lyrics. Now its singers are hyping up businessmen in songs and performing at Zanu-PF rallies. Read more »
Tunisia: Why Tunisians Must Boycott the Vote On Saied's Self-Written Constitution
Even the head of the constitutional committee warns the document could lead to a "disgraceful dictatorial regime" if passed in the 25 July referendum. Read more »
July 20, 2022
Chad: Chad's Transition to Nowhere
15 months into an 18-month transition, there are few signs of it ending. And the Western-backed interim president is acting a lot like his dad. Read more »
July 19, 2022
West Africa: If Blackouts Don't Work, What Might? Tackling Fake News in West Africa
Disinformation is on the rise, and social media companies, governments, and fact-checking groups are all struggling to keep up. Read more »
July 12, 2022
Libya: Libya - A Country in Need of a King?
Restoring a symbolic monarch may sound anachronistic, but after a decade of division and chaos, it makes perfect sense to many Libyans. Read more »
Africa: Simplifying Peacemaking in a Complex World
Three former heads of state of Nigeria, South Africa, and Ethiopia reflect on what it takes to end conflict in a meaningful way. Read more »
July 06, 2022
Kenya: The Choice Facing Kenya and How We Got Here
After many cycles of betrayed hopes, Kenya votes again in August. Neither frontrunner promises a leftward break, but their visions differ vastly. Read more »
July 04, 2022
Africa: How Power in Angola Is Wielded By One Man
Roque's new book shows how the regime came to be ruled by, and came to rule through, fear and paranoia - still does so to this day. Read more »
July 01, 2022
Sudan: Why Sudan's Protest Movement Has Toppled One but Not Yet Two Dictators
What has changed between the 2019 protests, when the people rose up to remove al-Bashir, and today's movement? Read more »
Africa: Africa Elections 2022 - All the Upcoming Votes
A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2022. Read more »