Fewer than half (46%) of Africans say their country is a full democracy or a democracy with minor problems By…
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“We, the people of Kenya… Recognizing the aspirations of all Kenyans for a government based on the essential values of…
Here’s a puzzle: how can the state be ever-present in our lives while its true meaning may yet remain elusive?…
By Prof John Harbeson A “Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement,” negotiated in Pretoria on November 2, 2022 appears to have ended…
By Bertrand Bertie There is a human tendency to consider that everything is the same as before. It is a…
The recent abrupt shattering of a fragile five-month-old truce has punctuated the restarting of Ethiopia’s third year of civil war…
with Greg Mills & Marie-Noelle Nwokolo In the late 1990s, South Africa’s then-Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin likened the…
with Prof John Harbeson Afrobarometer recently released a comprehensive 2021 survey of African opinion in more than thirty countries, its…
Successes and challenges of democratic reform in post-Cold War Africa Is democracy on the rise in Africa? Yes and no,…
By Prof John Harbeson The United Nations-sponsored Sustainable Development Goals were established in 2015 with its clearly articulated overall objective…
