
As Zimbabwe’s election season heats up, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu-PF is playing up the chilling effect through violence, public incitement of followers, weaponisation of Covid-19...

Visionary leadership and strong institutions are Africa’s surest route to achieving economic growth and sustainable development.

Unimpressive democratic conditions and foreign influence in African countries make recent attempted and successful military takeovers unsurprising.

The Gambia has a unique system of voting that does not involve the use of paper ballots in casting votes – instead it uses marbles.

Few recent historical figures in South Africa provoke more divergent views than Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk. He was president of the country from 1989 to...