Leaders typically spread power among their ‘rival allies’ to keep it and co-opt enough of those elites in exchange for political support.
As the confessor-in-chief of South Africa’s transition to democracy, the archbishop upheld a vision of political justice rooted in atonement and empathy, rather than action and...
Tanzania might be in the news for producing East Africa’s first Nobel laureate for literature, but there are other compelling authors that also merit attention.
The Gambia has a unique system of voting that does not involve the use of paper ballots in casting votes – instead it uses marbles.
Vote buying subverts a key component of a functioning democracy - elections.
