Popular discontent with the performance of a president should not be grounds for a military coup.
- Professor, Weber State University
Odinga’s political personality contributed to the modernisation of Kenya’s political economy.
Would lowering the voting age to 16 enhance young people’s participation in the political processes that affect their lives?
Egypt and Sudan’s insistence on keeping their historical water shares cannot be considered equitable and reasonable.
International involvement must be limited to building up Sudan’s capacity to solve its governance problems.
Sudan’s war has triggered a massive displacement crisis, with more than 14 million people forced to flee their homes.
Citizens considered a threat to the government’s survival have become targets for enforced disappearances.
Popular discontent with the government’s performance doesn’t provide sufficient legal grounds to remove a Kenyan president.
The new cabinet needs to transform the status quo.
Domestic and international laws obligate the Kenyan state to enable citizens to realise the right to peaceful assembly.
Burkina Faso tops the list of the world’s most neglected crises in the world for the second time in a row.
The African Union has several reasons to get involved in Sudan’s peace process.
The government and opposition have a duty to work towards creating a Kenya in which all citizens can live peacefully.
The Nile Basin states are keen to see what kind of deal Ethiopia reaches with Egypt and Sudan.
Calls to secede have been heard from time to time in Kenya – most often around elections.
Peace and security in South Sudan depend on a fully functioning, peaceful and democratic government in Khartoum
Le conflit actuel au Soudan aura des répercussions économiques, sociales et politiques dans un certain nombre de pays.
Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries
Kenya’s electoral agency is tasked with enhancing and supporting constitutional democracy – any dysfunctions would have dire consequences.
The purpose of term limits is to minimise corruption and open the government to new ideas that could solve national problems.
The mega dam in Jinja was meant to give Uganda energy independence, but this was constrained by Britain’s agricultural interests in Egypt.
Odinga’s legal petitions have entrenched the rule of law and and deepened democracy in Kenya.
Patronage politics, a history of violent conflict and high-stakes elections increase the risks of poll violence in Kenya.
The dam has helped to shift longstanding power relationships and could pave the way for more cooperation among all the countries that depend on the Nile.
The country’s courts have already exhibited a significant level of maturity in rulings touching on the executive.
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