Enhancing Post-Boko Haram Transitional Justice Processes in Northeast Nigeria
Transitional justice (TJ) is becoming increasingly relevant for reconciliation, healing, and national cohesion across Africa. In Nigeria, despite a flawed…
Theme: Democracy
What Next for President Faye?
By all accounts, on 2 April 2024, Bassirou Diomaye Faye will be sworn in as the fifth democratically elected president…
Senegal: A Model Democracy in Crisis
The recent political crisis in Senegal is amplified by the stature its democratic history has in the region. Alongside Cape…
A Region in Uncertainty: 2024 in West Africa
This piece describes the upcoming challenges and instability faced by Western Africa Countries for 2024.
Are Donors Taking the Journalism Crisis Seriously? An Analysis of Official Aid to Media 2010–2019
The future of independent journalism is in crisis. Escalating threats are driving a record number of journalists into exile and…
How Artificial Intelligence can facilitate investigative journalism
Many articles address the potential risks of generative AI for journalism and democracy, such as threats AI poses to the…
Project Oasis: Sustainability in practice
In 2014, a group of journalists made the bold move to leave the Slovakian newspaper SME after it was partially…
240 organisations and individuals demand the release of detained, anti-corruption advocate, Gubad Ibadoghlu
In a concerted display of international solidarity, 240 organisations, academics and human rights defenders today published an open letter demanding…
Strengthening political financing in Paraguay: a civil society success story
With support from the UNCAC Coalition, civil society in Paraguay is involved in analyzing, monitoring and strengthening the national political…
Victims of corruption at COSP10: exploring their challenges and their path to reparations
Corruption has damaging effects extending beyond the state, causing direct harm to individuals, institutions, communities, and societies as a whole,…