In Ghana’s 2016 election six more women were elected to parliament than were elected in 2012; this brought the number…
‘My Wife, My Sister, My Mother’ : Electing More Women to Parliament in Ghana [1]
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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…
Peace at Stake in Burundi: Could the Crisis Escalate, and Is There a Way Out?
"The commitment of a section of the opposition to unseating Nkurunziza’s regime, coupled with divisions within the military and the…
APN Grantee on the Future of Democracy and Peace in West Africa
The following is an interview with APN 2013 grantee Professor Oluwafunmilayo J. Para-Mallam, on the sidelines of a policy dialogue…
Amending the Uganda Constitution: Isn’t It Time to Rethink the Process and the Key Issues?
"As Ugandans we need to push for a systematic and comprehensive overhaul of the entire constitution, which in its current…
Malawi’s 2014 Elections: An Assessment
"The elections of 2014 demonstrated a lot of weaknesses in Malawi’s electoral system...which renders it vulnerable to errors that can…
Kenya’s Long-Term Security Should Be a “Discursive Project”
"Terrorism is a constructed ideology. For it to be defeated in Kenya and elsewhere, we need to construct a counter-ideology…
Democracy versus Stability: Political Reconciliation and the Government of National Unity in Zanzibar
"Race, political economy, social classes, the struggle for democracy, the question of unity, and proximate factors such as leadership have…
The May 2014 Malawi Elections: A Democratic Success Story?
"These results have been widely embraced by democracy enthusiasts and seen as a significant milestone in Malawi’s democratization project ....…