People Dialogue Festival – Democracy Festival in Kenya
In March 2024, the Kenyan “people’s meeting,” the People Dialouge Festival, was held for the sixth time. The festival took…
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Chinese Digital Satellite TV: Exporting Propaganda to Rural Nigeria
This research brief discusses the African Satellite Digital television project which was officially launched in Nigeria in 2019 by the…
South Africa before the elections
New hope at the Cape? On May 29, 2024, elections will be held in South Africa for the national assembly…
The case for African social infrastructure
Africa is in urgent need of social infrastructure to support its rapidly growing population. As the demand for education, housing,…
Investigating the Effects of Armed Conflicts on Financial Resource Mobilisation among Non-Governmental Organisations in Burkina Faso
The interwoven, yet complex relationship between Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the sociopolitical context in which they operate has long…
Towards greater inclusion in Kenyan political parties
For a long time, there was no real inclusion of persons with disabilities in political parties, recalls Nickson Kakiri, President…
Togo’s Constitutional Conflict
On 4 April 2024 Togo postponed its parliamentary and regional elections to 29 April after an initial one-week extension for…
Why Africans hold the future of global democracy in their hands
By the end of 2024, the face of political Africa will—theoretically—no longer be the same. With nineteen elections scheduled this…
Safety on the internet
Here we will practice on how we can navigate the vast realm of the internet safely and securely. In today’s…
The business of poverty migration in Niger
The European Union is expanding cooperations with Mediterranean countries from Tunisia to Egypt and Lebanon in a bid to stop…