Democracy is in trouble in Africa. It’s not just the latest coup d‘état in Niger, completing the belt of military governments stretching across the continent. It’s also an overall sense of ...

The President of the Open Society Foundations, Binaifer Nowrojee, has called for urgent reforms to curb the growing influence ...

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Young citizens care about systemic issues like how corruption drives up costs of living. But some political leaders continue ...

When Secretary of State Antony Blinken articulated a broad vision for U.S. diplomacy on September 13 at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, he contrasted the United States’ ...

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African leaders, governance experts, anti-corruption campaigners and civil society actors have called for urgent reforms to reduce the growing influence of money in politics, warning that unchecked ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Africa needs a democracy of its own context that delivers to all people. Obasanjo said this on Monday in Abuja, while speaking at a Colloquium to mark the 60th ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - African countries have consistently shown a strong desire for democratic and accountable governance, but they are not satisfied with the quality of democracy in their countries. This ...

Amidst a growing economic crisis and the arrest of opposition leaders in Sierra Leone, a young researcher took to Twitter promising that “We will do everything to uphold the fundamental principles of ...

Explore how South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) plays a crucial role in upholding democracy, despite the ...

The Open Society Foundations’ latest report, ‘Analysis of the Nexus between Democratic Governance and Economic Justice in Africa’, authored by Senegalese development economist Ndongo Samba Sylla, ...