by Madison Mandell | May 8, 2022 | Brown University
Zimbabwe’s ruling party since the 1980s, The Zimbabwe African National Union — Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)’s, appeals to democracy and national interest in regard to their proposed Patriotic Bill should be viewed as a smokescreen to conceal the legislation’s true...
by AJ Gleason | Mar 11, 2022 | University of Chicago
Paul Kagame’s presidency has been plagued with accusations of election rigging, suppression of free speech, and unjustified imprisonment of political opponents from the very beginning. Succeeding President Pasteur Bizimungu in 2000, he has since faced three...
by Tony Mershon | Mar 8, 2022 | Ohio State University
Since November of 2020, Ethiopia has been consumed by the ongoing conflict between the national government and rebels from the northernmost part of the country. This conflict however, has had a wide reaching effect over the rest of the large African nation. Once...
by Eli Ameyibor | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
Following drastic changes to its constitution, along with a notably peaceful election cycle, Kenya seemed to be making great strides in its democracy during the 2010s decade. However, the pervasion of fake news in the East African country has begun to hinder this...
by Brendan Green | Feb 14, 2022 | Boston University
On January 24th, 2022, the army of Burkina Faso successfully waged a coup against their government and took control of the country. Led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration deposed Burkina Faso’s...
