Faure Gnassingbé, who has been president of Togo for 19 years.
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Given their impact on elections and democracy, it’s fair to consider the changes to Togo’s constitution a complete overhaul rather than a revision.
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Sustainability reporting isn’t about producing marketing material. It’s an opportunity for companies to honestly share the risks of doing business and present an action plan for addressing them.
Richard II became king of England when he was 10 and was deposed at 32.
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Medieval Europeans thought about politics in terms of leadership and often criticized rulers for ‘tyranny’ − both in government and in the church.
Mental health symptoms are triggered by a wide range of activities.
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Corruption imposes mental health costs on individuals.
Former NRA leader Wayne LaPierre addresses the group’s members in 2022.
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The jury’s verdict followed years of allegations that the gun group’s top official and other leaders were spending money meant to benefit its members on their own luxuries.
A woman working at a factory making solar panels in Cape Town, South Africa.
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The key to a successful energy transition away from coal is good institutional quality supported by anti-corruption procedures and clear rules.
The late Namibian president Hage Geingob.
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Hage Geingob’s legacy as a moderniser will live on despite contradictions and unfulfilled promises.
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, centre, and his deputy, Paul Mashatile, right, help cut the cake at the party’s 112th anniversary celebration at Mbombela Stadium, Mpumalanga.
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The ANC leans heavily on its liberation movement brand. But this will not necessarily be a determining factor in who will sway voters later this year.
Sometimes it just takes one naysayer to illuminate a problem everyone else is ignoring.
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A legal scholar argues that assigning a designated contrarian and rotating this role over time will help nonprofit boards resist the dangerous pull toward passivity and deference.
‘Spycatcher’ Peter Wright pictured at the time of his court battle.
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Cabinet Office papers expose Thatcher’s anxiety over the famous book, and the difference between governing in the 1980s and the modern information age.
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The very low public trust in the Ghanaian police suggests a crisis of legitimacy.
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If public administration education is designed and delivered poorly, it sets a course for the systematic destruction of state capability.
Content moderators like these workers make decisions about online communities based on company dictates.
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In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.
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The failed Voice to Parliament referendum dashed the hopes of many mapping out a path to reconciliation. If we look to the example set by North American Indians, there might be another way forward.
Enumerators using electronic tablets in South Africa’s census on 2 February 2022.
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Big data is not the answer to all the challenges that faced Census 2022, but it may be a key enabler for gathering reliable national data in the future.
A compound in Gambaga Witches Camp in the North East region of Ghana.
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Victims of witchcraft accusations face alienation or exclusion from their communities.
A ballot box used for the Liberian presidential election in 2017.
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Liberia’s next president must restore national cohesion, tackle corruption, and strengthen state institutions.
Freshwater challenges occur frequently in South Africa.
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‘Water-shifting’ should not be a permanent measure. It does not address the cause of the current crisis.
The aftermath of a 2021 fire disaster in an abandoned building in central Johannesburg.
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Armed police interventions are unconstitutional and incapable of addressing housing and safety in the inner city.
Emmanuel Macron has found himself to be an unpopular figure in parts of Africa.
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The French president has struggled to maintain the influence his country gained in Africa through colonialism.
South African police officers at the scene of the burned building in Johannesburg.
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Inner city occupations and shack settlements alike are the inevitable consequence of the fact that huge populations of people have to get by without a living wage.
Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela, who presided over the murder trial of goalkeeper Senzo Mayiwa was suspended in July.
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The challenges facing South African judges have been well documented for decades. They include the high number of unfilled vacancies and poor working conditions.
Inflation continues to defy Zimbabwe central bank efforts
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Without governance reforms, Zimbabwe will continue to face an economic crisis.
Raila Odinga, the leader of the Azimio la Umoja coalition in Kenya.
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The government and opposition have a duty to work towards creating a Kenya in which all citizens can live peacefully.
African countries are lagging behind in digital advancements.
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The borderless nature of cyberspace presents particular challenges for African states used to controlling activities in their territory.