Add to ORKGDemocracy is on trial in Africa. Despite the gains experienced in the early 1990s when Africa experienced a beehive of democratic activities occasioned by both internal and external pressures, resulting in former dictators becoming born again democrats, the continent seems to be going through a new wave of democratic backsliding. Even though military coups have subsided (not completely eliminated), the bane of democratic governance in Africa is the menace of elected rulers undermining their own constitutions to prolong their stay in power. In Nigeria, Niger, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Burundi and a host of other African countries, elected leaders have attempted to reverse democratic gains by manipulating their constitutions to stay...
Over the past decade, a third wave of autocratisation has stormed the world, hitting democracies and...
This thesis explains the transformation and endurance of constitutional orders in Sub-Saharan Africa...
The third wave of democratization that hit the African region in the early 1990s left in its wake te...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Many African states experienced democratic transition following the third wave of democratization th...
Military coups, leaders abolishing constitutional term limits, and violent conflicts undermining dem...
The 1990s witnessed profound political change throughout the continent of Africa. Tired and frustrat...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Pro-democracy reforms hit Africa like a tidal wave in the 1990s, sweeping away authoritarian regimes...
Africa has experienced varied systems of leadership since the continent was decolonized. About sixty...
African states have in recent years shown a vulnerability to military takeovers and the forced remov...
Africa experienced a wave of democratization over the past 20 years and this increase in democracy, ...
External actors have long shaped the trajectory of democracy in Africa. During the Cold War, rival s...
The study examines contentious issues related to democracy and development in Africa. Substantially ...
Evidently, the failure of Nigeria's President Obasanjo's third term bid and the process through whic...
Over the past decade, a third wave of autocratisation has stormed the world, hitting democracies and...
This thesis explains the transformation and endurance of constitutional orders in Sub-Saharan Africa...
The third wave of democratization that hit the African region in the early 1990s left in its wake te...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Many African states experienced democratic transition following the third wave of democratization th...
Military coups, leaders abolishing constitutional term limits, and violent conflicts undermining dem...
The 1990s witnessed profound political change throughout the continent of Africa. Tired and frustrat...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Pro-democracy reforms hit Africa like a tidal wave in the 1990s, sweeping away authoritarian regimes...
Africa has experienced varied systems of leadership since the continent was decolonized. About sixty...
African states have in recent years shown a vulnerability to military takeovers and the forced remov...
Africa experienced a wave of democratization over the past 20 years and this increase in democracy, ...
External actors have long shaped the trajectory of democracy in Africa. During the Cold War, rival s...
The study examines contentious issues related to democracy and development in Africa. Substantially ...
Evidently, the failure of Nigeria's President Obasanjo's third term bid and the process through whic...
Over the past decade, a third wave of autocratisation has stormed the world, hitting democracies and...
This thesis explains the transformation and endurance of constitutional orders in Sub-Saharan Africa...
The third wave of democratization that hit the African region in the early 1990s left in its wake te...