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Democracy in Africa

Democracy in Africa

A Resource for the Study of Democracy in Africa

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  • African Union Commission Addis Ababa/ CREDIT: ECDPM

    LONG READ: The fragility of the African governance agenda – a crisis of legitimacy

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Computer Network Map/CREDIT: Kontek Brothers/iStock
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Understanding how shutdowns work helps us guard against them

Nompilo Simanje5 months ago5 months ago
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Flag of Sudan/CREDIT: Mirsad Sarajlic/iStock
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Digital authoritarianism: The Sudan playbook

Attalo Alvin5 months ago5 months ago
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A new anti-democratic tool: The Deep Packet Inspection technique

Gideon Ogunniye7 months ago7 months ago
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How Throttling Works/CREDIT: Center for International Media Assistance
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Behind the scenes: Weaponising throttling

Wilson Wahome7 months ago7 months ago
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Digitocracy: Situating Shutdowns in a conceptual digital framework

Mwai Daka8 months ago8 months ago
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Signal interrupted: When state security goes rogue

Marisa Lourenço8 months ago8 months ago
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Demonstrations and burning cars in Alexandria Egypt: CREDIT: heckepics
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Access denied: How limited Internet connectivity erodes democracy

Jimmy Kainja8 months ago8 months ago
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