On December 7 2016, Ghana held its seventh national elections since the beginning of the Fourth Republic. [1] In the run up to the elections two questions stood out prominently. First, will…
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Ghana’s 2016 Elections- Restoring Hope in Democracy?
Assessing the Performance of the First Female Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission
by Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey
Ghana’s recent presidential and parliamentary elections were presided over by the country’s first female chair of the Electoral Commission (EC). Mrs Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei, a 45-year-old lawyer who chaired the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) before being appointed in June 2015 to head the EC. Mrs Osei’s replaced Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, who had chaired […]
Ghana’s 2016 Elections- Restoring Hope in Democracy?
‘My Wife, My Sister, My Mother’ : Electing More Women to Parliament in Ghana [1]
by Gretchen Bauer
In Ghana’s 2016 election six more women were elected to parliament than were elected in 2012; this brought the number of women members of parliament (MPs) to 36, or 13.1 percent of the total – up from 30 women MPs or 10.9 percent of the total in 2012. This is a 20 percent increase over […]
Ghana’s 2016 Elections- Restoring Hope in Democracy?
Ghana’s Media Comes of Age in Elections Coverage
Essays
Writing on African Peacebuilding: Reflection on Personal Experiences
by Ismail Rashid
Since everyone writes differently, formulating a standard set of advice on how best to pull together your research into an effective book, book chapter, article, or policy paper or brief is very difficult. In offering my personal experiences as a guide, I want to highlight choices and challenges I have faced, decisions I have made, […]
2016
Fees Must Fall: Lessons from Student Struggles in South Africa
by Everisto Benyera and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
South Africa is currently undergoing a resurgence in student protests, with students agitating for free, decolonized education. The most prominent of these movements are Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall. What, exactly, are RMF and FMF? In a nutshell, they are an expression of a deep problem haunting “post-colonial” Africa in general and South […]
Essays
South Africa’s Withdrawal from the Rome Statute: A Commentary on Moral Equivalence in International Relations
Essays
“Africanizing” Media Coverage of Threats to Peace and Security on the Continent
by Fredrick Ogenga
A recent surge of terrorism has compounded preexisting threats to Africa’s peace and security, manifesting in complex forms of conflicts that are undermining the continent’s developmental ambitions. Creative solutions are needed to mitigate conflict and address the new threats, which include religious fundamentalism and extreme forms of violence. Of particular note is terrorism, now mutated […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
Africa’s Development: The Paradox of Continental Integration and Closed Borders
by Obijiofor Aginam
By: Obijiofor Aginam[1] The Crux of the Argument The decolonization of most of Africa which largely occurred in the decade of the 1960s – heralded by the independence of Ghana in 1957 – led to the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May, 1963. One of the primary aims of OAU […]
