For democracies to function well, citizens have to trust their institutions. Every incidence of bad service delivery or ...

Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, says weak institutions stop Africa from benefiting ...

It is not news that liberal democracy, which evolved in various forms in Africa in the aftermath of the Cold War, stands troubled in many countries. How did we get here, and what can be done to invent ...

Electoral dysfunction across the continent tells the same story: citizens are convinced that democratic procedures serve ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans were voting Wednesday in a national election that could be the country’s most hotly contested in 30 years, with the long-ruling African National Congress ...

A new political science course to be offered this spring will give Tufts students a new perspective on international relations by connecting them to two universities in Africa. Political Science ...

Africa is stepping into a decisive phase in its digital evolution—one that is marked not only by unprecedented technological growth but by an equally unprecedented rise in cyber hostility. The 2025 ...

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Kukah emphasised that, unlike in African political systems, the papacy does not bring geopolitical benefits to the pope’s home country. Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa held a national election Wednesday that could be the country's most hotly contested in 30 years, with the long-ruling African National Congress party facing ...