The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to give Senegalese a significant and competitive election, leaving voters in the driver’s seat.
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Both presidents are committed democrats operating in hostile environments. They are also committed to forging mutually beneficial ties.
Odinga’s legal petitions have entrenched the rule of law and and deepened democracy in Kenya.
A prolonged economic recession triggered by falling oil prices and worsened by the COVID pandemic has deeply affected the everyday lives of Angolans.
In Kenya’s parliamentary system, lack of a clear party majority makes it hard for a president to deliver on election promises.
Chad’s ongoing national inclusive dialogue appears great on paper but there are serious gaps and little hope for peace and democracy.
South Africa’s foreign policy is supposed to be guided by the principle of ubuntu (humanness), so a visit to an aggressor is hard to explain.
It’s unclear what practical purpose the drafters of South Africa’s foreign policy document envisaged it serving, and who its intended audience is.
Individual beliefs about the past and its relevance to the present strongly influenced awareness of the Marikana tragedy.
The division within the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, the fact that the race was very close, and turnout was relatively low may increase incentives to challenge the results.
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are caught in a conflict in a country that was supposed to provide them refuge.
The AU’s first two decades have largely represented a magical, mystical world of unfulfilled expectations.
The country urgently needs more people who are committed to living decently to undo the systemic humiliation caused by political and economic institutions.
Washington must overcome growing anti-west sentiment on the continent given the development alternative that China offers.
The political skill to turn situations to his advantage, rather than any ability to mobilise people, made Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.
The increase in terror attacks has complicated the Kenyan government’s relationship with the country’s Muslim community.
The deliberations were characterised by disingenuous, counter-factual policy pronouncements, and de facto denials of the ANC’s culpability in causing many of the current problems facing the country.
That there is no clear favourite to win shows the campaigning has been relatively free and competitive.
The peasantry still provides almost all the resources of the party-state, yet most of the agrarian policy decisions are taken without consultation.
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