Salih Noor

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.

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.

May 29, 2024 | democracyinafrica.org | Salih Noor |Matthias Krönke |Rorisang Lekalake |Asafika Mpako

On May 29, 2024, South Africans will vote in the seventh national election since the end of Apartheid in 1994. This election marks a political milestone as the African National Congress (ANC) party dominating power for 30 years faces its toughest challenge. Once glamourized for its prolonged struggle for racial democracy, the ANC’s reputation has been tarnished by high unemployment, widespread poverty, failing government services, and over a decade of corruption scandals.