Zambia

Democracy and Justice: A Case of Zambia’s Predicament on Political Victimization

The current government in Zambia has placed the fight against corruption among its top priorities. To this end, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC),...

The Increasing Significance of Courts in Africa’s Contested Elections

The judicial nullification of presidential election petitions in Kenya and Malawi in 2017 and 2019, respectively, have been widely recognized as towering...
The Supreme Court of Kenya:CREDIT: Kriddl

Fake history, misunderstanding colonial legacies, and the demonization of homosexuality in...

On 24 February 2023, the Supreme Court of Kenya affirmed the right of association for the queer community. The backlash against this...

Unpacking Judicial Bias in Africa

Confidence in courts is unsteady in Africa. Recent Afrobarometer polls reveal largely negative perceptions of the judiciary and growing levels of public...
Sierra Leone, 2018 elections

The Dialectics of Loyalty in African Politics: Rule of Law and...

The story of politics in Africa is often too familiar, or so we think — corruption, bad governance, dictatorship, etc. Even more...