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The electorate monitored political parties very closely, an indication that democracy in Nigeria is taking root.
Kenya’s LGBTI community will have to wait a while longer for the High Court’s ruling on whether it will decriminalise homosexual relationships.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed South Africa to prioritising human rights and democracy. But, there’s little evidence of this.
The law aimed at fighting gangs lacks the power to disrupt their activities.
Democratic and authoritarian countries are moving further away from each other.
Speculation and conspiracy theories abound about the Mozambican insurgents leaving a trail of violence in resource rich Cabo Delgado.
Regardless of how the elections are conducted on the new dates announced, losing parties will blame the postponement for their defeat.
Angola’s new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
More than half of Nigeria’s 51% registered voters are aged between 18-35 years.
Opening up positions of political power to women will lead to effective and better implemented development policies.
Many of the crime prevention strategies South African President Cyril Ramaphosa proposed have been tried, with few positive results.
Corruption has, over the past decade and a half, become one of South Africans’ biggest concerns.
Corruption in South Africa became increasingly organised under former President Jacob Zuma.
Countries that regulate political party funding do so to preserve their sovereignty and integrity of domestic politics.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has new aspirations in Africa in pursuit of his country’s assertiveness in the global arena.
One of the most potent promoters of Nigeria’s cultural soft power is arguably Nollywood.
Liberian President George Weah believes the current citizenship regulations in the country are unnecessarily “racist” and restrictive.
The high costs of finding work make it difficult for young South Africans to get jobs.
The uprising in Sudan has weakened the authority of President Omar al-Bashir and political Islam in the country.
A new biography sheds light on Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Zion Christian Church.
South Africa needs to make life as uncomfortable as possible for members of Zimbabwe’s government.
The state capture inquiry is a remarkable political as well as legal event.
The argument isn’t whether African democracies are better than those in the West. It’s simply that the idea of “real” and “not yet real” democracies expresses a colonial mentality, not reality.
The recent acquittals should be seen as a vindication of the ICC as an independent and impartial judicial institution.