Bad Khama: The Corruption of the Botswanan Presidency
Kenneth Good looks back at the legacy of General Ian Khama, who has just announced that he will soon step down as president of Botswana, and concludes...
IDAP Launch Event! The importance of ideas and ideologies in Africa...
The importance of ideas & ideologies in Africa
19 JULY 2022
4:00 PM UK/Nigeria, 5:00PM...
Why are Africa’s small countries more democratic?
Why do small African states often rank highly in comparative measures of democracy?Jack Corbett and Wouter Veenendaal outline how their research into states with populations under one million...
WATCH! Webinar on Judicial Politics and the Balance of Power is...
Watch the second joint webinar of the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa at the University of Cape Town...
Botswana: beyond the ‘miracle’
In this blog, our Co-editor SJ Cooper-Knock emphasises the need to start realistically assessing the political status quo is Botswana. Since the 1990s, the...
Reconciliation or realpolitik? Botswana’s new vice president
This month, a new Vice President took to the stage in Botswana. Here, Dr Shane Mac Giollabhui and Sarah Jane Cooper-Knock explore the significance...
Join the new “Ideas in African Politics” Network now!
You are invited to join a new research network study of the history and impact of African political thought. The name for...
Khama-Chameleon: Botswana’s foreign policy shift
How should we understand the foreign policy of African states? And why do some countries with a dubious record at home talk so much...
Why elections in Bostwana and South Africa can be ‘free’ but...
In this article, Nicola de Jager argues that we need to take another look at Southern Africa's 'democratic darlings'; Botswana and South Africa. These...
IWD: How democracy is failing women
In honour of International Women's Day 2019 Susan Dodsworth and our very own Nic Cheeseman have published a hard hitting critique of the way...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?