


He commanded the Multinational Joint Task Force and led the Nigerian Army at the height of the Boko Haram insurgency. Yet jihadist violence spread while military coups returned to…

Four years or five? Ghana is considering major changes to its 1992 Constitution — and one proposal is already stirring debate: extending the presidential term.

Afrobarometer tells governments, journalists and the world what Africans think. But critics question donor influence, Western standards and possible bias. Afrobarometer CEO Joseph…

Sierra Leone wants to change key election rules, including lowering the presidential threshold from 55% to 50%+1. The opposition is challenging the reforms in court. Will they stre…

Donor funding slashed. Clinics closing. Prevention programs collapsing. With less than four years to end AIDS as a public health threat, Africa faces a brutal choice: fund its own…

As Zambian prepare to vote on August 13, the countrys' electoral commission faces one of its biggest tests yet: a new voter register, new constituencies, ballot security, campaign…
