Zanu-PF’s anti-American rhetoric is not only deployed to win friends abroad. As elections approach, it is also a prominent campaign tactic at home.
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With Africa’s solid support and his pro-west military and policy adventures, Kagame is able to take on critics.
Though public opinion surveys offer some hope, there are several concerns for democracy’s consolidation in West Africa.
Mashatile could be the new broom that sweeps clean. Ramaphosa’s apparent confidence in him suggests that he has some latitude to do so.
The government must not trample on its own laws and court decisions. Compliance with the constitution must be the priority.
There are fears that escalating US-Chinese tensions could threaten the independence of African and other nonaligned nations.
In Tunisia, scapegoating migrants diverts from the continuous failure of government to solve deep economic and social crisis.
Carter’s work in Zimbabwe forms a significant and under appreciated part of his legacy
South Africa’s courts are likely to set a high bar in cases brought against the government’s most recent state of disaster declaration.
The motivations for Carter’s interest in Africa are deeply personal. His record should remind all democrats, including those in Africa, to hold leaders accountable to high ethical standards.
Having an intelligence service that is not fit for purpose means the country is vulnerable to security threats from within and outside the country.
Logistical challenges facing the 2023 elections remain huge given the number of political parties, the security environment and the number of contestants at various levels.
Damage to the fragile Nigerian state is one possible fallout of mixing religion with politics.
The negative effects of conflict on human capital – particularly nutrition, health and education – are larger than commonly thought.
He failed to understand that the struggle for justice and freedom in southern Africa was changing the world - and diplomacy itself.
South Africans are actively challenging the criminalisation of the state. Many of the revelations about fraud, corruption and nepotism come from principled whistle-blowers within the state.
Security companies suggest that criminals take advantage of the fact that many home and business security systems get compromised during power outages.
The Tanzanian president’s reform drive has endeared her to the populace but will also embolden opposition to her political ambitions.
It’s likely that the terrorist group will be defeated one day. But there are no signs that the political elite is capable of changing.
A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by then.
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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