By Godfred Zina As ballots are tallied in Cameroon and tensions mount ahead of Ivory Coast’s pivotal vote later this month, two of West and Central...
By Godfred Zina Since 2020, Africa has witnessed a chilling resurgence of military coups – each one draped in the rhetoric of “restoring order,” “fighting corruption,”...
By Godfred Zina Across Africa, a troubling pattern is emerging – one that threatens the hard-won gains of democratic governance over the past three decades. In...
By Gregory Simpkins When the Soviet Union dissolved more than three decades ago, hope rose globally that an end to the Cold War would allow democracy...
By Godfred Zina A year after my initial analysis of Togo’s political trajectory, the nation finds itself at a pivotal juncture. President Faure Gnassingbé, heir to...
By Godfred Zina In recent years, the democratic landscape in several African nations has deteriorated alarmingly. Authoritarian rule, violent extremism, rampant corruption, human rights abuses, discrimination,...
