Governance

Analysis of political trends, leadership dynamics, and institutional transformation across Africa.

The US administration has turned to the African continent as another destination to deport migrants who it says are convicted criminals. While dozens have been flown to countries in Central…

Ghana’s road to rebuilding public trust starts with security reforms

Ghana's new President, John Mahama, faces the challenge of rebuilding public trust amid rising poverty, illegal mining, and security threats.

How to impeach a president: Ramaphosa case puts new rules to the test in South Africa

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa faces possible impeachment in the country’s parliament over the illegal stashing of thousands of US…

How to impeach a president: Ramaphosa case puts new rules to the test in South Africa

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa faces possible impeachment in the country’s parliament over the illegal stashing of thousands of US…

Kenya: Ruto’s tiff with media puts democracy at stake

It’s a long-standing Kenyan tradition to offer congratulations in paid print and TV messages to an incoming president. The bulk…

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South Africa is trapped again: What kind of leaders can set the country free?

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has warned that the country was ripe for its own Arab Spring

Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe’s forgotten intellectual and leader

Sithole was the most prolific black writer in colonial Rhodesia from the 1950s until the country gained independence as Zimbabwe…

No chance Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections will be competitive or fair

Despite the emergence of CCC, Zimbabwe's political playing field is as unbalanced as under Robert Mugabe.

Five years of Mnangagwa: What has gone wrong?

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stymied Zimbabwe's economy, five years after he declared the country "Open for business."

In search of Nigeria’s next president

In Nigeria, there is deep distrust in government and institutions

South Africa has a new Chief Justice: an introduction to Raymond Zondo

Who is Justice Raymond Zondo?

The pawn who became king

Three strategies the perennially underestimated president has used to build and keep power across decades of South Sudan’s political tumult.

To protect our planet, we need bold African leadership

“In Africa, we have the technical know-how and the indigenous knowledge to reproduce natural resources. We have the ambition and…

Africa’s climate change diplomacy must step up a gear

The continent is showing global leadership but coordination and common positions are needed to accelerate the ‘Just Transition’.

As the AU turns 20, it must speak with one voice

The African Union summit in February should tackle vaccines and travel bans, climate change misperceptions and AU financing.