Tag: Democracy in Africa

The argument isn’t whether African democracies are better than those in the West. It’s simply that the idea of “real” and “not yet real” democracies expresses a colonial

  digital voting technology and social media can be a force for good – and bad

From Algeria to Zimbabwe:

It is often assumed that patrimonial beliefs fuel electoral malpractice whereas civic ones challenge it, but this is an oversimplification

The extent of democracy capture varies markedly between countries. It’s much higher in states such as Zimbabwe, where the government has never changed hands

  The gap between the continent’s most democratic and authoritarian regions is likely to continue to grow