What’s Happening to Democracy in Africa?
WEBMay 26, 2021 · What’s Happening to Democracy in Africa? The pandemic is exacerbating a decline of democracy across sub-Saharan Africa. To combat the trend, the United States and other partners should commit...
Why Africans hold the future of global democracy in their hands
WEBApr 2, 2024 · Out of fifty-four African countries, 17 percent are considered “free” by Freedom House and 37 percent are considered “partially free.” Added together, the majority of African nations (54 percent) are at least partially free.
Africa in 2023: Continuing political and economic volatility
WEBJan 9, 2023 · The strategic importance of Africa has resulted in all the UN P5 members calling on the G20 to make the African Union (AU) its 21st member in 2023 under India’s presidency.
Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?
WEBSep 22, 2023 · A vast majority of people from 34 African countries polled by the independent political survey outfit Afrobarometer in September 2022 said they believed regular, honest and open elections were...
Africa’s coups are part of a far bigger crisis - The Economist
WEBOct 3, 2023 · Africa—which covers an area larger than America, China, India, Japan and western Europe combined—is more than its coup belt. Yet the takeovers are part of a broader political crisis.
African politics in 2022: More than coups and conflict
WEBDec 30, 2022 · Since 2020, there have been six successful coups in Africa. The political science analysis we publish here at TMC included insights from Kristen Harkness on the “coup epidemic,” while Erica De...
Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
WEBFind out all about latest breaking news, daily news and hot news in Africa. African politics, African business, African sports, health and technology on, also available on VOD africanews.com.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics
WEBThe Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics brings together leading scholars to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on African politics ever produced. In over 100 peer-reviewed entries, readers will find authoritative overviews of the key methodologies and approaches, as well as all of the major topics in African politics ...
Coups in Africa: Why they don’t spell the end of democracy - BBC
WEBAfrica has been hit by a spate of coups that threaten to take it back to the 1980s and the era of military rule. Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Sudan and Mali have all seen the government overthrown...
The Crisis of African Democracy - Foreign Affairs
WEBDec 12, 2023 · Faced with climate-change-driven catastrophes, sovereign-debt crises, and soaring inflation, populations in many African countries have nonetheless gathered the energy to protest for democratic reforms.
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