Some analysts have suggested new Prime Minister Hun Manet will be more reform-minded than his father, but this prediction is premature.

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.  

A looming crisis of succession in several African countries indicates a troubling persistence of ego-driven political paternalism.