Does China’s involvement in African elections and politics hurt democracy?
As African and Chinese leaders prepare to gather in Senegal for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China is promoting a narrative focused...
How popular is China in Africa? And how do people think...
It’s been 20 years since the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was first held. Another summit is planned for September 2021 in Dakar,...
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...
Kenya’s ‘Hustler Movement’ Marches On
Kenya’s recently concluded Kiambaa by-election on 15 July was the latest in a series of electoral and legal victories for the so-called...
Africans want consensual democracy – why is that reality so hard...
It has become common to argue that most Africans are not that committed to democracy. Commentators often suggest that Africans care more...
EVENT! Decoding #Digital Democracy in Africa round table & launch
DiA is delighted to be partnering with the Digital Civil Society Lab of Stanford University to hold a major event on Decoding...
NEW SHOW! HOW PR AND LOBBY GROUPS SANITISE DICTATORS
Our sister webinar, the Resistance Bureau has just announced an amazing new show: Resisting the Whitewash: The Role of PR and Lobby...
The Increasing Significance of Courts in Africa’s Contested Elections
The judicial nullification of presidential election petitions in Kenya and Malawi in 2017 and 2019, respectively, have been widely recognized as towering...
What Future Awaits Refugees in Kenya?
On March 23, the Kenyan government gave the UN’s refugee agency a two-week-long ultimatum to prepare a plan to close two refugee...
#BookClub. What drives election rigging – and when citizens resist it?
In recent months it has felt like election rigging has run riot.
Citizens killed, beaten and intimidated and election...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?