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The Prospects for Electoral Pacts and Democratic Progress in Zimbabwe

By Pedzisai Ruhanya | Published: 12 April 2013

In this opinion piece, Pedzisai Ruhanya stresses the need for the opposition to unite ahead of this year’s elections in Zimbabwe. Pedzisai is a PhD candidate and the director of the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute Trust.

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Powering democracy and growth? Exploring the links between electrification, mobile use, growth and democracy.

By Ben Armstrong | Published: 1 April 2013

In this fascinating article, Ben Armstrong explores the evidence around mobile usage and electrification to ask what implications developments in these two areas can have on a country’s democracy and GDP. Ben Armstrong is CEO at WellDone, an organization using mobile technology to collect and communicate critical infrastructure data.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged African Democracy, democracy in africa, elections, electricity, mobiles, power, voting | 2 Responses

Zimbabwe’s Draft Constitution: history is made but what does the ‘yes’ vote mean?

By Pedzisai Ruhanya | Published: 21 March 2013

Following their insightful piece on the draft constitution, Zimbabwe Democracy Institute give us their opinion on the referendum in Zimbabwe in support of the draft constitution, and what this means for the upcoming national elections.

Posted in Uncategorized, Zimbabwe | Also tagged Africa, democracy in africa, Democracy in Zimbabwe, Elections in Zimbabwe, Referendum in Zimbabwe, zimbabwe | 2 Responses

What President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory means for Kenya in the next five years

By Dominic Burbidge | Published: 9 March 2013

The media, corruption and democracy in Africa

Following Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory, Dominic Burbidge gives us his opinions on what is next for Kenya in the next five years. Dominic is a DPhil candidate at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. You can read his personal blog here.

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Debating for peace: can Kenya’s TV debate lessen the chances of conflict at the polls?

By Tim Wigmore | Published: 26 February 2013

In this opinion piece, Tim Wigmore argues that the TV debate in Kenya could have increased the important of programmatic politics in the forthcoming election, and decreased the likelihood of violence at the polls, or after.

Posted in Kenya | Also tagged Africa, africa democracy, democracy in africa, elections, electoral violence, kenya, TV debate | 3 Responses

Reflecting back, looking forward: Alex Cobham, Save the Children.

By SJ Cooper-Knock | Published: 25 February 2013

In the final interview in our series of ‘reflecting back, looking forward’, we talk to Alex Cobham who is Head of Research at Save the Children. The perspectives expressed here are his own and may not reflect those of Save the Children. We have staggered our New Year interviews at DiA across the first two [...]

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Book Review: Poor numbers – how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it.

By Morten Jerven | Published: 19 February 2013

Are we too eager to build economic models and development policies and too slow to look at the quality of the data that underwrites them? In his new book, Poor Numbers. How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It‘ Morton Jerven explores the issue

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged African Democracy, democracy in africa, development, Poor Numbers, Statistics | 2 Responses

Reflecting back, looking forward: Association for Peace and Human Rights

By SJ Cooper-Knock | Published: 19 February 2013

As the new year is getting under way, Democracy in Africa has asked key groups and individuals to reflect on developments in Africa during 2012, and look forward to 2013. We have invited them to share with us their insights and predictions, their hopes and their fears. Here, we speak to René Claude Niyonkuru, Executive Director of the Association [...]

Posted in Burundi, In Their Own Words | Also tagged Africa, African Democracy, Association for Peace and Human Rights, Burundi, democracy in africa, democratization | 1 Response

Kenya: to the elections, and beyond. Part Two.

By Dominic Burbidge | Published: 10 February 2013

In the second of a two-part series on the run-up to the Kenyan elections, Dominic Burbidge takes a look at the alliances involved, their prospects for success and the meaning of these elections for the political future. Dominic is a DPhil candidate at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. This [...]

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Kenya: to the election, and beyond. Part One.

By Dominic Burbidge | Published: 5 February 2013

With the elections drawing near in Kenya, Dominic Burbidge takes a look at the alliances involved, their prospects for success and the meaning of these elections for the political future. Dominic is a DPhil candidate at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. This is the first in a two-part [...]

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