Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state. Pro-democracy advocates have at times successfully stopped presidents from extending their mandates, but the authorita…

Senegalese leader’s belated disavowal of a third term ambition is a win for the country’s civil society and the region’s prodemocracy coalition.  

Whether he wins the presidency or not, Peter Obi has already changed the course of Nigerian politics for good.

Up against the wall, Tinubu will need his famed political savvy—and more—to stanch rising discontent in Nigeria.   

Western liberal democracy in Africa

Peter Obi’s ascendance appears to have ripped up the Igbo self-determination playbook.