In Kenya elite collaboration is more important than ethnicity for political power and stability

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How colonial rule committed Africa to fragile authoritarianism

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The sophisticated ways WhatsApp was used by political operatives in Nigeria’s 2019 elections

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This dictionary collects the unique and humorous lexicon of African politics

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The democratic case for giving foreign aid to authoritarian regimes

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African leaders are more constrained by democratic rules than you think

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Rwanda’s development model wouldn’t work elsewhere in Africa

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These are the key lessons we learned about democracy in Africa in 2017

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How Zambia’s long-stable democracy ended up in a political crisis in 2017

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Kenya’s increasingly competitive election is at risk of being rigged

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One of Africa’s most stable democracies is quietly drifting into authoritarian rule

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What the narrative that Africans value a “strong man who can get things done” gets wrong

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