Africa
Kenya: why elite cohesion is more important than ethnicity to political stability
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) shakes hands with the opposition coalition leader Raila Odinga to symbolise a truce in March 2018. Simon…
Nigeria
President Buhari and the $1bn splurge on military equipment
President Buhari in April 2018 approved the release of $1bn for the procurement for military weapons with the stated intention of crushing…
Africa
Zuma has gone: but the ANC's inability to separate party from state is still a threat to democracy
Mashupye Herbert Maserumule, Tshwane University of Technology South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), glossed over the causes of what…
Africa
[Updated]Enough is enough: Gambians put faith in democracy as Yahya Jammeh ousted at ballot box
Marloes Janson, SOAS, University of London [Update] January 04, 2017 - Since the time that this article was first published on December…
Africa
There is good as well as bad news about the state of governance in Africa
image from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation: 2016 IIAG Index Report Yarik Turianskyi Declining safety and deterioration in the rule of law are…
Nigeria
Some thoughts on the current state of affairs in Nigeria (economy)
As the saying goes, "It's the economy, stupid", what's the point of fighting corruption if there's no jobs with an economy that…
Nigeria
Buhari wins as Nigeria turns its back on Jonathan
Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London In the end, the margin was too decisive. Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent president of Nigeria, had…
Nigeria
All hail the new Emir of Kano
So a former Central Bank Governor becomes an Emir and not everyone is pleased, who would have thought huh?. The inauguration of…
Opinion
'Obasanjo's Letter'
So it seems a former President has written an 'open' letter to the current President. Why, you may ask? To wish him…
Nigeria
National Assembly Of Shame (Senate)
Last week, Nigeria’s Senate House approved a motion backing underage marriage ( The approvals are not yet law, as they have to…