BVAS Machine In Action/CREDIT:Techcabal

Why did digital technology fail in Nigeria’s 2023 elections?

As attention turns to opposition parties’ petitions against Nigeria’s disputed 2023 presidential election, it is time to revisit the failure of the...

Extending Term Limits, Constitutional Referendums and Elections in Francophone Africa

As I argue in my recent article Extending Term Limits, Constitutional Referendums and Elections in Francophone Africa, all of the five most...
HOW NOT TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN SOUTH SUDAN

How (not) to hold elections in South Sudan

Along with Luka Biong and Edmund Yakani, DiA's Nic Cheeseman has authored a new report on How (not) to hold elections in...

Democracy Off the Rails: Infrastructure and Perceptions of Democracy in Zambia

Globally, people hold different understandings of what democracy is. In the current moment of global democratic precarity, the way mass publics understand...
Kenyan President William Ruto CREDIT: Office of the Deputy President

The Drums of Politics of Exclusion and Ethnicity are Beating Loudly...

Despite suggestions that the 2022 elections saw less overt “tribal” politicking, ethnic politics continues to be part of Kenya’s economic, social and...
CREDIT: Eightshot Studio

Signal interrupted: When state security goes rogue

In March this year, a drone plummeted through the sky and into the dense bush of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, landing...

Looking for a Handshake: Coercive Bargaining in Kenya’s Anti-Government Protests

Over the last several weeks, Kenya has experienced the sudden appearance of major street protests throughout much of the country. On Friday,...
Internet shutdowns in Africa

How and Why Internet Shutdowns Threaten Democracy in Africa

Today we launch a new series on Internet shutdowns and control in Africa, with ten great new insights from authors from across...

PRIZE WINNER! Politics in the Courtyard Defending the South African Constitutional...

Early this year, the Centre for Research on Democracy (CREDO) at Stellenbosch University launched a nationwide essay competition open to undergraduate students...
Flag of the Tigray Region/CREDIT: J. Ollé

Tigray’s precarious transition: On the establishment of an Interim Regional Administration

After two years of ravaging war, the Tigray Regional State’s government, represented by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), and...