In April 2014, militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted 276 schoolgirls from Chibok—a town in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria—making global…
Month: January 2017
Consolidating Democracy in Ghana: An Overview
A few days after the December 2016 elections in Ghana, a cartoon appeared in Uganda’s Sunday Monitor depicting a civics…
Ghana: Another Peaceful Alternation of Power
On December 7 2016, Ghana held its seventh national elections since the beginning of the Fourth Republic. [1] In the…
Assessing the Performance of the First Female Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission
Ghana’s recent presidential and parliamentary elections were presided over by the country’s first female chair of the Electoral Commission (EC).…
‘My Wife, My Sister, My Mother’ : Electing More Women to Parliament in Ghana [1]
In Ghana’s 2016 election six more women were elected to parliament than were elected in 2012; this brought the number…
Ghana’s Media Comes of Age in Elections Coverage
Media coverage of elections have come a long way since the transition elections of 1992. However, despite improvements, challenges still persist.…
Writing on African Peacebuilding: Reflection on Personal Experiences
Since everyone writes differently, formulating a standard set of advice on how best to pull together your research into an…
Fees Must Fall: Lessons from Student Struggles in South Africa
South Africa is currently undergoing a resurgence in student protests, with students agitating for free, decolonized education. The most prominent…