Kenya: Dying for Democracy?
On the UN International Day of Democracy, we consider what Kenya's election debacle tells us about the world's dominant political ideology - and it's limits
RealClear Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya Election Ruling: Watershed for African Democracy?
The ruling by Kenya's Supreme Court to annul last month's presidential election marks a new threshold for democracy in Africa and...
Understanding Africas Leaders for Life Syndrome
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world's longest-ruling heads of state, but civil society and regional blocs may be slowing the trend of...
Leaders
And Politics
- The Worst Dictatorship You've Never Heard Of
- The ICC Has an Africa Problem
- The Double Standards of African Diplomacy
- The Guptas: South Africa's Most Hated Family
- A Radical Idea to Save Libya: Restore the Monarchy
- Can Rwanda's Stability Survive Kagame?
- Will South Africa's ANC Get a Break From Zuma?
- Why Morocco Wants Back in the African Union
- Uganda's Least Equal Voters: The L.G.B.T.I.
- Zimbabwes Freedom Pastor
Economy
And Development
- 'Refugee Boats' and African Capitalism
- The Case for Burning Ivory
- Climate Change Could Devastate Home of Arabica Coffee Bean
- 'Death Awaits': Africa Faces Worst Drought in Half a Century
- The Nile Project: An Attempt to Resolve a Conflict
- Thin Line Between Business and Faith in Rural Ghana
- Malawi's Tobacco Farming Addiction
- Debunking the Myths of China in Africa
- What Africa's Emerging Cities Can Learn from China
- African Countries Cannot Count on Western Trade Anymore
U.S. Influence
And Interests
- U.S. Values Will Outlast Chinese Money in Africa
- The Mess Clinton and Obama Made in South Sudan
- Meet Obama's Man in Africa
- 12 Things Obama's Africa Trip Taught Us
- Why the World Is Jostling for Djibouti
- Obama's Africa Legacy
- U.S. Values Will Outlast Chinese Money in Africa
- Obama's 21st-Century Imperialism on Display in Africa
- How the Oil Crash Devastated Angola and Venezuela
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