On July 15, Kenyan President William Ruto accused the U.S. non-governmental organization, Ford Foundation, which provides grants to human rights, press freedom, and anti-corruption initiatives and ...

The death of Raila Odinga, Kenya’s most enduring opposition leader and one of Africa’s most recognisable political figures, closes one of the longest and most turbulent chapters in Kenya’s political ...

Africans are becoming less insistent on democracy and increasingly open to authoritarian forms of government, especially ...

Fewer than half of citizens consider their country a democracy and are satisfied with the way democracy is working.Key findings In the most recent round of Afrobarometer surveys, conducted in 38 ...

In his latest book, Institute for Security Studies founder Jakkie Cilliers challenges assumptions on whether democracy and the demographic dividend will lead to development in Africa.

The sun had barely risen on October 15 when Kenya awoke to the shocking news that its veteran leader, Raila Odinga, had died while in India at the age of 80. According to hospital officials in Kerala, ...

Voters queue to cast their ballot at Kondele roundabout in Kisumu during the 2022 General Elections. (File, Standard) Kenya's democracy has come a long way since its revival in 1992. The imperfections ...

Is Kenya poised for an economic takeoff? Or is the prospect more hype than reality? It’s a question I wrestled with during a recent, too-brief trip to the country where I lived in the 1990s. President ...

Kenya: Scholars, civil society and lawyers have warned that Kenya risks reversing democratic gains unless ethnicity, corruption, centralisation of power and electoral systems are fixed. In a newly ...

Many of the 2026 elections across Africa across Africa are marked by fraud, repression and a growing disconnect between young people and political elites. Though results have yet to be announced, ...

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame has won a landslide victory in the presidential elections held on July 15. His Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) party also emerged victorious in the legislative vote, retaining its ...