Seven countries in Africa have experienced successful coups since 2020, notes CSIS (above).* Six of the countries that have experienced military takeovers in recent years – Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso,… Read more »
Russia’s investigative committee said Sunday that it had confirmed via genetic testing that Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash. His death is “par for the course,”… Read more »
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has forgotten that the outside world’s principled rejection of neutrality sustained the struggle against apartheid, Johannesburg-based political analyst Eusebius McKaiser writes for Foreign Policy. Earlier… Read more »
Africans consistently show a strong desire for democratic and accountable governance, but they are not satisfied with the quality of democracy in their countries, according to Boniface Dulani, Afrobarometer* Director… Read more »
A year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, governments that have pledged to track down sanctioned Russian elites’ wealth must be publicly accountable about the measures they have taken –… Read more »
The U.S. Department of State has announced the winners of the annual Global Human Rights Defender Awards, determined by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. From working to… Read more »
Civil society activism in Africa can sometimes seem like an exercise in empty sloganeering: “mobilizing the grassroots”, “empowering the youth”, and so on, The Economist observes: Not in Sudan, where… Read more »
“This is a consequential election,” said @NEDemocracy‘s @DamonMacWilson. “What happens here matters; it first of all matters to #Nigeria but it can have a real impact on the development of… Read more »
A new American relationship with Africa starts with a commitment to prosperity, durable democratic institutions and a mutual respect that acknowledges both sides have much to gain, the Washington Post… Read more »