A partisan judiciary, arbitrary power, officials beyond the reach of the people – these are the grievances that drove a revolution.
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Structural barriers such as inaccessible infrastructure and lack of transport options affect South Africa’s reputation as a disability-friendly country.
Nnamdi Kanu’s life sentence is more likely to escalate than de-escalate the Biafra agitation.
Political trust and support for the rule of law are important for sustaining stability in democracies.
Illegal mining has ravaged Ghana’s water bodies and forests.
Opponents fear electing judges could politicise the judiciary, promote inexperienced or corrupt judges, and erode Mexico’s system of checks and balances.
Political leaders in El Salvador, the Philippines and Israel, among other places, have also positioned judges as the enemy of the people.
Ghanaian police and judicial practice treats the right to protest as less valuable than the restrictions that may be applied.
A general decline in trust in public institutions across Africa reflects the disconnect between state officials and the people.
Ghana faces a constitutional dilemma ahead of an election.
Appointing individuals who may have links to the party in power is not necessarily troublesome, as long as the process emphasizes legal knowledge and fairness, and not partisan considerations.
Two conditions enable courts to take the risk of nullifying the elections of ruling party candidates.
The challenges facing South African judges have been well documented for decades. They include the high number of unfilled vacancies and poor working conditions.
Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Daniel arap Moi set the tone for ethnic and authoritarian politics which Kenya has wrestled to free itself from in recent decades.
Ghana’s judiciary has a public relations problem that requires an urgent fix.
Ghana’s flawed democracy has failed to establish mechanisms to effectively control corruption.
A central repository system offers practical solutions to reducing the large number of awaiting-trial inmates in Nigeria.
Watch 30 years since Mabo, a live-streamed event hosted by State Library of Queensland and The Conversation honouring the activism of Eddie Mabo.
Corruption in the Nigeria judiciary is pervasive and complex.
Ghana’s civil society has contributed to taming the power of a strong state.
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