Wars unfold in full view of the world with little consequence for the powerful and overwhelming punishment for the weak. To describe this order as functional requires a…

Fourteen years ago, Tunisia was the very emblem of hope

Many African countries have weak election management systems, and citizens are rightly worried about human interference in electoral processes

At the core of the Sahel coups is the removal of governments and leaders either historically not in support of the US/France or moving away from external domination

With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning

Leaders typically spread power among their ‘rival allies’ to keep it and co-opt enough of those elites in exchange for political support.

Africa’s last monarch has shut schools to stop student protests against his rule — but he should heed previous events that toppled other despots

Sipho Makhubela assures that the private equity firm has what it takes to raise the capital to get SAA flying again

Despite the efforts of the Arab Spring, Egypt is still led by a military dictatorship made in Mubarak’s image

The way university management handled the #FeesMustFall demonstrations offers some lessons for the Beijing administration

Morsi was often kept in solitary confinement, while struggling with both diabetes and high blood pressure

People power can break a dictatorship – but what comes next?

While celebrating people power in Algeria and Sudan, remember that revolutions are arduous and unpredictable

Africa’s population growth will cause most countries to become younger, a trend that will occur at the same time as the rest of the world ages

Technology provides African governments with new, efficient ways to deliver services

Since the Arab Spring, Egypt’s fledgling democracy has regressed. Now the country needs a new social contract

A struggling economy has forced the country to seek a USD$2.9 billion loan from the IMF, on condition that Tunisia lowered public expenditure

South Africa’s governing party is invoking concepts and emulating strategies first developed by authoritarian regimes in Eurasia

It is crucial that the student movement also aims its firepower at failures by the current government, or it will keep deflecting responsibility.

The primary structures and ideologies of domination are deeply entrenched at all levels.