WATCH: African MPs – Out of touch elites or put upon...
Watch the fourth joint webinar of the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa at the University of Cape Town...
The Game Before The Game: The Ekiti and Osun Gubernatorial Elections...
Nigeria elects a governor every year. This is because several states have seen their leaders removed via judicial processes that are increasingly...
Reflections on Democracy in South Africa
South Africa has always been on my mind. I published my first article about South Africa in 1986 – a piece very...
What can we learn about political polarisation from Kenya and Taiwan?
Political polarization is one of the main factors which play a role in driving political behavior. While an inclusive and diverse society...
The Dialectics of Loyalty in African Politics: Rule of Law and...
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The story of politics in Africa is often too familiar, or so we think — corruption, bad governance, dictatorship, etc. Even more...
Nigeria’s new Kingmakers
In a country as diverse as Nigeria, few events provide such a clear melting pot of the country’s different groups as a...
Long read: What motivates China’s investment & lending practices in Africa?
Since the wave of independence in the 1960s, African countries have faced numerous instances of debt distress in which they could not...
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...
You Can’t Eat the Roads: Chinese Leverage and Democratic Resilience in...
Heading into Zambia’s August 2021 elections, many international observers warned that the country, often held up as an example of resilient multiparty...
The ‘Muhoozi Project’ in Uganda: Testing the water or preparing the...
A particularly intense and visible campaign has been taking place in Uganda over the last few months to promote Muhoozi Kainerugaba –...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?