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Nov 8, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Nic Cheeseman |Kathleen Klaus |Dannie Verity |Tsoloane Mohlomi
As Mauritius prepares to go the polls on Sunday 10 November, it is important to shed light on three key issues that if not fully addressed can weaken the quality of the process and prevent the outcome from reflecting the will of the people: the Electoral Management Bodies, the fairness and credibility of elections and lastly the adjudication of electoral challenges.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Dannie Verity |Nic Cheeseman |Kathleen Klaus |Tsoloane Mohlomi
🚨 Calling all writers … 🚨Democracy in Africa and the award winning The Continent magazine are looking for authors living in Africa for a NEW series on social movements and youth/popular mobilization from below. The winning pieces will be published in the Continent and then collected together in a standalone booklet.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Dannie Verity |Nic Cheeseman |Kathleen Klaus |Tsoloane Mohlomi
Lesotho, a small country landlocked by South Africa, has been struggling to make constitutional reforms since the advent of coalition politics in 2012. It needs the reforms to address political instability which has been a feature of the country for more than five decades. The judiciary, security agencies and civil service have been politicised, resulting in the institutions being abused for political ends, stoking recurrent instability. The reform project has encountered many headwinds.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Craig Bailie |Nic Cheeseman |Kathleen Klaus |Tsoloane Mohlomi
Is there a biblical case for democracy? Do Churches prepare their congregations effectively to engage in everyday politics? And if not, should they? These questions are as important to day as they have ever been. In Zimbabwe, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa regularly signs his tweets off with the line #GodIsInIt, but many of his supporters have grown frustrated that he mentions god more than practical efforts to strengthen the country’s democracy.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Nic Cheeseman |Kathleen Klaus |Joleen Steyn Kotze |Salih Noor
Since Namibia became a democracy in 1990, following a protracted battle with then-apartheid South Africa for independence, not a general election has passed without the results being legally challenged by opposition parties. This year is unlikely to be any different, when the country’s seventh parliamentary and presidential polls take place on 27 November.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Kathleen Klaus |Nic Cheeseman |Joleen Steyn Kotze |Salih Noor
In a move that shocked observers, Kenya’s President William Ruto announced on 26 June he was withdrawing his government’s highly controversial finance bill. This followed two days in which tens of thousands of mostly young protesters took to the streets in nationwide rallies against the proposals contained in the country’s 2024 budget. Kathleen Klaus, who has studied political violence in Kenya, unpacks what drove the protesters.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
fr.allafrica.com | Kathleen Klaus
Dans un geste qui a choqué stupéfait les observateurs, le président du Kenya, William Ruto, a annoncé le 26 juin qu'il retirait le projet de loi de finances très controversé de son gouvernement. Cette annonce faisait suite à deux jours de manifestations au cours desquelles des dizaines de milliers de personnes, pour la plupart des jeunes, sont descendues dans la rue lors de rassemblements nationaux contre les propositions contenues dans le projet de budget 2024.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
modernghana.com | Kathleen Klaus
_Dans un geste qui a choqué stupéfait les observateurs, le président du Kenya, William Ruto, a annoncé le 26 juin qu'il retirait le projet de loi de finances très controversé de son gouvernement. Cette annonce faisait suite à deux jours de manifestations au cours desquelles des dizaines de milliers de personnes, pour la plupart des jeunes, sont descendues dans la rue lors de rassemblements nationaux contre les propositions contenues dans le projet de budget 2024.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Kathleen Klaus
Protesters react next to burning tires during a protest against the finance bill on June 25, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Sharp rises in livelihood goods, especially food and fuel, often serve as a trigger for protest and social unrest. There are numerous examples, from the protests in Tunisia that sparked the Arab spring to the uprisings inChile,SAandFrance. Yet like elsewhere, rising prices — and prospects of even higher costs — are only part of the story in Kenya.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Kathleen Klaus
_Dans un geste qui a choqué stupéfait les observateurs, le président du Kenya, William Ruto, a annoncé le 26 juin qu'il retirait le projet de loi de finances très controversé de son gouvernement. Cette annonce faisait suite à deux jours de manifestations au cours desquelles des dizaines de milliers de personnes, pour la plupart des jeunes, sont descendues dans la rue lors de rassemblements nationaux contre les propositions contenues dans le projet de budget 2024.
