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 to...
Why Africans hold the future of global democracy in their hands
WEBApr 2, 2024 · Today, there are plenty of examples of democratic successes in Africa. In its 2023 report, Freedom House wrote, “Freedom in Africa slightly advanced in 2022 with 11 countries seeing improvements in their political rights and civil liberties and 9 …
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 2024 Elections: Challenges and Opportunities to Regain ...
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Africa has a busy election calendar in 2024, with 19 countries slated for presidential or general elections. The elections run the gamut from competitive multiparty elections to perfunctory electoral exercises. Two-thirds of these elections are packed into the last quarter of the year.
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...
The state of democracy in Africa – The Global State of Democracy …
WEBMar 20, 2023 · Africa is home to a range of democratic experiences, and the average level of democracy at the continental level remains relatively stable, despite advances and (more often) declines in particular countries.
Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?
WEBSep 22, 2023 · The short answer: Weak democratic processes have often failed nations in Francophone West Africa and the Sahel in particular, resulting in deepening inequality, corrupt administrations and...
Introduction to Africa and its politics | African Politics: A Very ...
WEBThis book aims to undertake an appraisal of Africa’s recent political history, examining pre-colonial political structures, the impact of colonialism, and the form and nature of post-colonial states.
The missing piece: Political parties are critical to democracy in Africa
WEBJun 11, 2024 · This piece analyzes the state of political parties in sub-Saharan Africa and uses Atlantic Council Freedom and Prosperity Indexes data and other sources to show why parties are essential to democratic progress.
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...
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