Togo

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

In previous posts on this blog, we asked how the Ebola crisis would reflect and transform states-citizen relationships; how it would shape the authority...

Anja Osei traces the historical confluence of power, family and patronage in Togo. She considers how Faure Gnassingbé is using a combination of legitimation,...

As cases of coronavirus rise across Africa, there is growing recognition that the pandemic could evolve into a crisis not just of health and...

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

The growing importance of the Internet in Africa has been accompanied by attempts of authoritarian governments to control the digital flow of...

Africa’s first election of 2021, featuring a presidential race in Uganda between President Yoweri Museveni and opposition leader Bobi Wine, provided a...

To gain insight into Russia’s governance model in Africa, one only need look at the experience of the Central African Republic. Russian...

David argues that for anti-government protests in Togo to achieve genuine democratic change they should have two essential ingredients - a pro-democratic military and...

As I argue in my recent article Extending Term Limits, Constitutional Referendums and Elections in Francophone Africa, all of the five most...