In Nigeria, democracy has become a ceremony. Every four years, millions of voters cast ballots, anticipating a government ...

If Part I dealt with executive power and representation, Part II focuses on the institutional foundations of democracy .

The ANC called on South Africans to defend their democracy and to reject “AfriForum’s racist disinformation campaign”.

Zaba was arrested in July for a satirical article published in the Independent’s long-running Muckraker column. Authorities ...

Zimbabwean politics has long been framed through the blunt binary of power and force: the gun versus the vote, coercion ...

There are moments in history when empires abandon their masks . Moments when the language of ldquo;democracy, rdquo; ldquo;human rights, rdquo; and ldquo;international order rdquo; is discarded, and ...

RADIO personality Samantha “MisRed” Musa is facing backlash from ZANU PF activists after her show recognised former opposition legislator Fadzayi Mahere as the “Zimbabwean of the Year” in a listener ...

Africa was hit by a record number of digital shutdowns in 2025 that stifled opposition and undermined democracy.

THE opposition Zapu party has reflected on its turbulent 64-year journey since its formation in 1961, describing decades of ...

A researcher with the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC), he watched videos of rebel forces rolling into the ...