By Bertrand Bertie There is a human tendency to consider that everything is the same as before. It is a…
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The recent abrupt shattering of a fragile five-month-old truce has punctuated the restarting of Ethiopia’s third year of civil war…
The August 9 presidential election lived up to expectations by producing probably the most fiercely contested poll in the history…
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…
Despite what the Constitution says, Kenya’s presidency is imperial. We have concentrated untrammelled power in the presidency, making it the…
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…
It is silly season again. Next month, Kenyans head to the polls to elect their political leaders for the next…
The chief Justice, through Legal Notice No 79 of April 12, 2022, has barred the expression of opinion by litigants,…
