The young ones
Voter apathy among young people in Kenya reveals fundamental flaws in Kenya’s democratic politics.
Autocracy
Organized interests
Ideas for how to pressure Uganda's "M-Pigs" to become elected representatives who actually serve in the public interest.
Museveni and the Americans
The United States must make the choice to side with the majority of Ugandans who would like to see democracy take root in Uganda.
The Ship from Cameroon
The fate of Cameroon's women's national football team, like much else in the country, is a reflection of the sorry state of its politics.
No country for poor men
Rwanda is juking its development statistics as the international community turns a blind eye to the human rights abuses of Paul Kagame's authoritarian rule.
Neoliberalism and the march of impunity in Equatorial Guinea
How does the world's longest serving autocrat remain in power?
Frontiers of dystopia
Cameroon claims to be a democracy. Then why are even moderates like Maurice Kamto in jail?
Rwanda has an opposition problem
If Rwandan support for the RPF and Kagame is so universal and genuine, why the murder, frequent arrest, torture and imprisonment of opposition politicians and investigative journalists?
Sudan’s doctors treating the political ailments of the nation
As Sudanese continue to chant “Just fall, that is all” against the regime, doctors pay a hefty price for standing with them.
Scenes from a youthful uprising
After years of divide and rule by President Omar al-Bashir, the youth of Sudan have united to push him out.
The ‘New’ Neoliberal Uganda
Challenging the success narrative that masks the disruptive social impact of neoliberal transformation under General Yoweri Museveni in Uganda.
Yahya Jammeh’s tribalism
How the Jammeh regime reproduced power in Gambia for more than two decades.