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Some anti-corruption messages can encourage apathy and acceptance rather than inspire activism
Cameroon’s anglophone crisis is not simply a dispute between two feuding groups: a range of international actors have been architects of the current situation.
President Alassane Ouattara (78) has been blowing hot and cold on whether he’ll be seeking a third term.
Mandela left at the right time in 1999, when the country still seemed in a healthy state, after which he consolidated his international reputation.
Glaring capacity gaps aside, the failure to curb COVID-19 is not so much due to a lack of technical know-how but to a particular view of the world.
The value of women to political tickets in Ghana is being recognised as more women are contesting elections at various levels.
The magazine grew to be the largest circulation publication for black readers in South Africa, and expanded to include East and West African editions.
The taxi industry carries 75% of commuters daily, yet, unlike bus and train operators, does not benefit from government subsidies.
The challenge for the deepening of South Africa’s democracy is that the very existence of vanguardism prevents the realisation of empowered citizens.
Kenya’s urban poor lack enough food and the little they can afford is often unsafe and of poor nutritional value.
Police officers are also not, and are not expected to be, sworn translators or interpreters. This has serious implications for justice.
In Africa, people who report higher levels of exposure to disinformation also report lower levels of media trust.
The active and uninhibited dissemination of knowledge is vital for the advancement of knowledge.
In independent Kenya, road renaming happened to erase the names of the colonisers and to celebrate the new heroes: Kenya’s political leaders and freedom fighters.
The stalemate in Tshwane is a manifestation of coalition arrangements that serve the partisan interests of parties, to the detriment of citizens.
Leaders’ efforts to end conflict have been ineffective. Working through regional economic communities might be part of a better approach.
Clashes between farmers and herders in Nigeria have been bloody and protracted, with one side portrayed as victims. But as this study shows, both sides are victims.
The success of Malawi’s democratic dispensation will be measured on the extent to which it delivers public goods – opportunities, development, accountability – for the people.
The Freedom Charter process was an imperfect but impressive attempt at capturing the will of the people and articulating an alternative vision to apartheid South Africa.
The court’s decision has wider implications for international criminal law.
Should South Africa’s military get involved, it would be venturing into a highly violent and complex landscape, requiring a counter-terrorism type of operations.
The fundamental structure of the current constitution, which is cast in classical Westminster conceptions, is unsuited for modern-day constitutionalism.
Despite its dire health and economic situation, Sudan has yet to access emergency funding to combat COVID-19.
To afford sufficient protection to marginalised people in society - such as women in minority religious communities - the state must recognise and regulate religious marriages in a nuanced way.