Malawi

Democracy in Africa is delighted to be joining forces with the fantastic Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa of...

You are invited to join a new research network study of the history and impact of African political thought. The name for...

Do male leaders, who so often profess a commitment to gender equality (for example here and here), believe in it? A study by...

The plight of African democracy is worsening. Global trends toward democratic backsliding have not spared the continent with incumbent leaders violating constitutional...

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera came to power promising to tackle corruption. But his handling of a deepening corruption scandal of state capture...

According to the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development’s Policy Report on Gender and Development: 10 Years After Beijing, the transfer...

It’s been 20 years since the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was first held. Another summit is planned for September 2021 in Dakar,...

When the "third wave" of democratisation swept across much of Africa in the aftermath of the Cold War, hopes were high that...

It has become common to argue that most Africans are not that committed to democracy. Commentators often suggest that Africans care more...

Lost in the wave of democratic backsliding seen in Africa in recent years has been the dramatic deterioration of term limit norms....