Over the next decade, African states will face mounting threats to their legitimacy and sovereignty, with some becoming ...

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn’t want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Conflict is likely among partners in South Africa's new coalition government but that won't be “catastrophic” for its hopes of turning around the country, the leader of ...

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For the moment there is not much to see in Bugesera, a district replete with verdant bush 45km south of Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. But it is the site of what Paul Kagame, the president of the central ...

What you need to know: The paper is co-authored by Emmanuel S. Kirunda, David J. Muganzi, and Timothy M. Kisakye. It builds upon the late scholar Ali Mazrui’s famous "triple heritage" theory, which ...

In healthier politics, an entire agenda would not depend on one person. And while the nuances might shift as leaders changed, ...

Ahead of the November local government elections, Mthunzi Gumede argues that South Africa’s political landscape is undergoing ...

In global politics, power is no longer exercised only through military or economic might. It is wielded through ...

A new working paper from Nobel laureate James A. Robinson finds a vast landscape of 45,000 polities—deliberately fragmented to protect local autonomy Pre-colonial African societies have long been seen ...

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Spiritual warfare among politicians is part of a wider struggle over faith in Uganda, where Christianity is the dominant religion. MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his ...