Rigging elections has been a national sport in too many of the region’s territories – will Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville be next?

Assessing the successes and ongoing challenges of the African Union 20 years on

Why are coups happening more frequently? The most significant trend is the deepening democratic deficit across many African countries, and a corresponding decline in effective…

Zimbabwe called its coup a military-assisted transition to sidestep sanctions. Mali is doing the same. But failing to call power grabs by their name makes it harder to defend…

Narratives spread on social networking sites were used to justify military intervention in democratic processes

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido says there are no plans to re-open talks with the ‘murderous dictatorship’ of President Nicolas Maduro