Leadership

Watch the inaugural joint webinar of the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa at the University of Cape Town...

South African democracy is limited not because its governing elite has changed too much but because it has been unwilling or unable...

In a country as diverse as Nigeria, few events provide such a clear melting pot of the country’s different groups as a...

Since the conflict in Tigray started in 2020, Eritrea has become further entangled in Ethiopian politics. Young Eritrean conscripts assigned to the...

Here at Democracy in Africa we are delighted to be launching one of our Special Issues, this time looking at the question...

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For the last decade or so, more and more governments have moved in the direction of gender parity cabinets – the appointment...

If you have spent time on Nigerian social media during the last year and a half leading up to the 2023 elections...

At a time when authoritarian leaders across Africa are looking to scrap the two term limits imposed by their respective constitutions, the...

As Ghana goes to the polls for the 2020 general elections, Ryan Colton looks back at the life and legacy of one...