Western liberal democracy in Africa

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…

Pervasive despondency about democracy in Africa urges the imperative to strengthen democratic institutions and practices.  

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.  

Nigeria should seize the opportunity to raise its diplomatic game and lead the continent from the front.

For the first time since the country’s return to civil rule in 1999, Nigerian Pentecostals find themselves on the outside looking in.