Some human rights activists worry that Cameroon could be the site of Africa's next civil war.
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The Commonwealth countries' democratic failings take a back seat to British panic about impending irrelevance.
The international media and her supporters continue to hoist Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf up as the matron of African women's rights. But she does not deserve this title.
Kenya has just gone through a charged campaign period, followed by a contested election result. The media has been out in force covering it all. But did they do a good job?
Documents released ahead of the policy conference of South Africa's embattled governing ANC show it hasn't the guts or internal balance of forces, for self-correction and renewal.
In a political environment where voters are increasingly attuned to instances of polling malpractice, African states are grudgingly adopting technology as a barrier to election fraud.
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Oxford
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Francophone Studies (Africa, Caribbean), Faculty Affiliate with Africana Studies, World Literature Program and Human Rights Pracice, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer, School of Journalism, University of Nairobi
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Lecturer, Faculty of Computing & IT, Multimedia University of Kenya
