Making Sense of DR Congo’s Stunning Political Turnaround
Until December 2020, the Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC) of ex-president Joseph Kabila held a majority of 338 out of 500...
J.J. Rawlings: A Man For All Seasons?
As Ghana goes to the polls for the 2020 general elections, Ryan Colton looks back at the life and legacy of one...
The end of the honeymoon in Tanzania: CCM reverts to type
Given the imperial like constitutional powers endowed to the President of Tanzania, it is easy to assume that one person – the...
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...
Stephen Kamugasa writes to President Yoweri Museveni …
MR PRESIDENT: NOW IS THE TIME TO TALK
Dear Mr President,
If there is one thing...
African Coups in the 21st Century
Coups are not a new phenomena in sub-Saharan Africa, and have shaped how people think about the continent for decades. Chinua Achebe’s...
Remembering not to forget: Tanzania’s 2020 General Elections
It is one year since Tanzania voted in a contested election. The landslide victory of incumbent President John Magufuli and the ruling...
Democracy Vs Dictatorship: A Catholic Decision in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is a small African state located on the central west coast of the continent where democracy has yet to arrive....
Hakainde Hichilema’s first 100 days: A new dawn in Zambia?
Hakainde Hichilema was sworn in as Zambia’s seventh president on 24 August 2021, after winning a landslide victory in an election held two weeks...
Amidst the political crisis in eSwatini, women fight for equality
On 12 April 1973 a new baby democracy was stillborn by the banning of political parties and the imposition of the “Tikhundla”...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?