International anti-corruption: On the front page vs. under the radar
Anti-corruption will make international headlines in 2021, not just with the odd scandal but also due to the UN General Assembly convening...
A corruption scandal smoulders in Malawi, as Pres Chakwera fires cabinet
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera came to power promising to tackle corruption. But his handling of a deepening corruption scandal of state capture...
DEMOCRACY CAPTURE & THE SHADOW STATE IN AFRICA – DOWNLOAD THE...
On World Democracy Day, 15 September 2021, the Centre for Democratic Development and Democracy in Africa will join forces to release two...
Bad Education: The Politics of Fake Degrees in Sierra Leone
On the 26th March 2022, Dominion Christian University (DCU) located in Waterloo, Sierra Leone was seen in a video conferring fake honorary...
Taking lives: Living in Kleptoland?
The struggle of a mother living in a Luandan slum is one that requires all her might, each day, just to keep...
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...
How presidential candidates buy-off disgruntled leaders and maintain their coalitions
As the August 9 general elections draw ever closer in Kenya, the month of April saw political party “nominations”, when the respective...
State Capture in South Africa: Was the Zondo Commission worth it?
South Africa’s judicial commission into state capture, known as the Zondo Commission, recently handed over the fourth part...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?