Fergus Kell: Tanzania’s elections test the nation’s future
Tanzania will never be the same again after the violence that engulfed its October elections. A crackdown on protesters by security services –...
African democracy
Awale Kullane: Africa’s democracy is not imported
For far too long, African youth have been told that democracy is something imported, something borrowed, something foreign to their...
Senegal: freedom of expression undermined by myriad arrests
Prosecuted on the basis of controversial articles of the penal code, several Senegalese personalities have recently been summoned by the...
Burundi’s elections leave opposition without representation
On June 11th, Burundi’s ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, won all 100 seats in the latest legislative elections, according to official...
Jean Sovon: African former presidents on trial – good or bad governance?
In Africa, many former presidents are being held to account by their countries’ justice systems, but is this a sign...
Nanjala Nyabola: Democracy in East Africa must be saved
Last week, Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire was finally set free five days after she was detained by the Tanzanian police for unclear...
