Lesotho, a constitutional monarchy, has been under domestic, regional and international pressure to change its constitution since 2012.
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Digital technologies can help more people to participate in building their countries’ democracies.
The Independent Electoral Commission cannot afford to put a foot wrong in the country’s most important election since democracy in 1994, on 29 May.
Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of autocratisation across the continent.
Observers regularly face dangers owing to political instability, insecurity, violence and other crises in some countries.
Whichever way the ongoing armed conflict ends, the loser will be Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi.
Electoral violence, low voter turnout, ethnic politics and voters’ suppression were notable features of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria.
The new coalition government must act quickly to address the kingdom’s massive socio-economic problems, and restore faith in democracy.
The new governing coalition enters office amid euphoria and excitement. There are great expectations it will end corruption and fix the ailing economy.
Despite their pretensions to support reforms, it is clear that successive governments are not interested in the reform.
The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to give Senegalese a significant and competitive election, leaving voters in the driver’s seat.
Angola’s 2022 election is the first in which citizens born after the war are old enough to vote.
The presence of fringe presidential contenders is a marker of maturing democracies.
Lesotho has done a good job of curbing the powers of its monarch and making its electoral system inclusive.
The whole idea behind independent candidates is the hope that their inclusion might improve the accountability of parliamentarians to the voters. The bill doesn’t do that.
In principle, political debates should showcase an aspiring leader’s vision. It’s a lofty goal given their current format in Kenya.
The MPLA is using all instruments at its disposal to hobble a new united opposition front ahead of the Angola election.
Kiir and Machar have been pivotal figures in most of South Sudan’s short history as an independent nation.
South Africans are increasingly dissatisfied with democracy because of its failure to address inequality.
Most citizens feel that it is pointless to vote because it won’t change anything.
Top contributors
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Lecturer in African History, Queen Mary University of London
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Research Associate, Dept of Anthropology & Development Studies and Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Head of Department, Public and Environmental Law Department, University of Limpopo
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Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Director of the Leaders of Africa Institute and Research Affiliate with Davidson College, Davidson College
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
