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On February 6, 2025, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema held a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Prime Minister's Official Residence/CREDIT: Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Cabinet Secretariat

Zambia’s Problematic Election: The Questions That Won’t Go Away

Nicole Beardsworth1 month ago1 month ago

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Zambia’s Quiet Campaign Masks a Competitive Election

Zambia’s Quiet Campaign Masks a Competitive Election

Nicole Beardsworth2 months ago2 months ago

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Nigeria's EndSARS protests/CREDIT: Asokeretope

The Tyrant and the Con in Nigerian Politics

Mohammed Salihu Shaba3 months ago3 months ago

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Patrice Talon at USAID HQ/CREDIT: USAID

The Real Coup in Benin? Succession Without Political Change

David Asante-Darko6 months ago6 months ago

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Mahamudu Bawumia casting a vote

Polling, Prophecy, and Vote Buying: What Ghana’s Primaries Reveal About Democratic Forecasting

Ouborr Kutando7 months ago7 months ago

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How to Buy a Parliament: Auction Politics and the Coalition Logic That Keeps It Alive in Kenya

How to Buy a Parliament: Auction Politics and the Coalition Logic That Keeps It Alive in Kenya

Oscar Ochieng & Darmi Jattani11 months ago11 months ago

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President Bola Tinubu Official Portrait: CREDIT: Nosa Asemota/Wiki Commons

President Tinubu May Benefit from a Weak Opposition in Nigeria, But his Party Will Not

Dengiyefa Angalapu11 months ago11 months ago

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President of Republic of Malawi, Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, Lameck LaLuh Luhanga,2017, Malawi/ CREDIT: LaLuh Luhanga

Malawi Elections 2025: Can Chakwera Buck Africa’s Anti-Incumbent Wave?

Richard Kweitsu1 year ago1 year ago

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Sierra Leone First Lady Fatima Bio in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House at the U.S.-Africa Leader Summit, Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz).

The Day Sierra Leone’s Parliament Became a Street Corner

Amadu Wurie Barrie1 year ago1 year ago

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South Africa’s police serve the ANC insiders, not the people: here’s how it happened

South Africa’s police serve the ANC insiders, not the people: here’s how it happened

Ivor Chipkin1 year ago1 year ago

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