Kenya’s upcoming poll will continue despite opposition leader Raila Odinga’s decision to exit lawful processes prematurely. This will mean Kenyatta will likely win his second term in a row.
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Angola’s recent election results showed the ruling MPLA losing support across the country. If opposition claims are to be taken seriously, the losses could be more severe than they appear.
Kenya’s progressive 2010 Constitution brought improved women’s representation in Parliament and public life. But historical prejudices remain, always more intensely apparent during elections.
Besides worries that Donald Trump might not make Africa a priority of his presidency, his temperament and views bode ill for democracy on the continent.
The competition between the two authoritarian regimes has become a fact that, given the regional context, is here to last. It justifies repression and indefinitely postpones democratic expression.
Africa’s democratic promise of the 1990s has lost its shine. Hopes for accountable rule have faded in Uganda, Ethiopia and Rwanda. All have blocked the path to meaningful popular empowerment.
Press freedom has changed little in the past decade. If the African Union is to commit to the principles of democracy, it needs to do more to uphold freedom of expression and protects its journalists.
South Africa’s transition to democracy was based on the values of inclusive politics, reconciliation, human rights and constitutionalism. Twenty-two years on, how has the country fared?
African mathematicians and scientists have an important role to play in establishing and protecting a democratic continent.
South Africans’ faith in the post-apartheid system of democracy is clearly slipping - and some even suggest that a return to apartheid would be a good thing.
No-one imagined that it would take Muhammadu Buhari more than 100 days to form a cabinet. But, then again, Nigeria is no ordinary country and it has its own inherent logic.
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Warwick
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Academic, International Relations Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand
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Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria
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Research Professor, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi
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Independent researcher & Lecturer, Tumaini University Makumira
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Professor of History, Durham University
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Professor, Weber State University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of East London
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor, Political Science and Global Studies, Universidad de los Andes
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Professeur des universités, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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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
