The guilty verdict on Blaise Compaoré should be celebrated as a landmark victory for democracy and peoples’ movements in Africa.
- Professor of Francophone Studies (Africa, Caribbean), Faculty Affiliate with Africana Studies, World Literature Program and Human Rights Pracice, University of Arizona
Confidence in democracy in the DRC will be built through incremental steps.
The recent poll in the DRC was messy. Nevertheless, it showed that significant change is underway in the country.
Some human rights activists worry that Cameroon could be the site of Africa’s next civil war.
US President Barack Obama would do well to refocus America’s interventions in Africa to support peaceful activists fighting for democracy.
Ghana has often been depicted as one of modern Africa’s success stories. But how different is contemporary Ghana to the vision its founding father Kwame Nkrumah had?
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