• Abdullahi Boru Halakhe

The United States must make the choice to side with the majority of Ugandans who would like to see democracy take root in Uganda.

• Stella Nyanzi

Ugandan activist and politician Dr. Stella Nyanzi challenges a new generation of women to take up the struggle for political freedoms and revolution.

• Nanna Schneidermann

How did popular music become the battlefield of Uganda's future? And what are the consequences?

• Dauti Kahura
• Akoko Akech

Kenya's Deputy President, William Ruto, wants to be president. He projects himself as a go-getter. But there is a more sinister story behind his hustler narrative.

• Nomi Dave

The recent election has led to violence and general pandemonium. An explosion of independent journalism offers hope.

• Michelle Chikaonda

Reflections on Malawi’s recent election rerun, false starts and the hope that public representatives in Africa become accountable to their electorates’ aspirations.

• Keston K. Perry

In this, the first of a series of posts, we critically look at the implications of climate policy in the most powerful Western country for Africans.

• Anthony Johnson

When considering Herman Mashaba’s new political plans, the South African public must reckon with the former mayor of Johannesburg's actual record.

• Sam Farrell

Malawi is experiencing a crisis over the legitimacy of the democratic state itself.

• Chris Olaoluwa Ogunmodede

Black Americans are not a unified voting bloc, and it is time to start paying attention.

• Zohran Kwame Mamdani

Will Shoki sits down with Ugandan-born rapper and housing advocate Zohran Mamdani about his bid to represent Queens in the New York State Assembly.

• John Aerni-Flessner
• Moletsane Monyake

Opposition parties, inequality, and the politics of failure in the Southern African region.

• Bamba Ndiaye

Election meddling may have sullied the reputation of Senegal as a beacon of democracy in West Africa, but a popular opposition candidate is giving hope for a new wave of Pan-Africanism in the region.

• Seynabou Diop
• Myles Cunningham
• Dylan Millson
• Katya Khalizeva

Beyond national elections, the Y’en a Marre political movement is changing Senegalese civic and political life for future generations.

• Omolade Adunbi

The last 20 years of liberal democracy in Nigeria have been marred by crises. The next election should be the Left's target.

• Benjamin Fogel
• Sean Henry Jacobs

South African politics urgently needs an injection of electoral energy from the left, that speaks in a language that resonates with voters, rejects chauvinism and embraces democracy.

• Sa’eed Husaini

While Nigeria's class divide is not between rich whites and poor blacks, it still has a lot in common with postapartheid South Africa.

• Jeffrey W. Paller

Why do so many of the urban poor support John Mahama and Ghana's opposition National Democratic Congress?

• Sa’eed Husaini

Omoyele Sowore was the presidential hope of Nigeria's more active left. He fared abysmally. What next for progressive electoral politics in Nigeria?

• Dave Glovsky

Ousmane Sonko is 44 years old. He finished third in Senegal's March 2019 presidential election, energizing young voters.