Democratic resilience in Africa

Democratic resilience in Africa: Lessons from 2024 elections

Danielle Resnick and Landry Signé examine the 2024 electoral landscape in Africa and what the processes and outcomes observed indicate about ...

Strengthening Democratic Resilience To Kremlin Influence Across ...

The Russian government has stated that Africa is integral to its foreign policy, and current trends point to expanded Russian engagement to ...

Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, Resilience, and ...

Abstract. Contrary to broad claims regarding democratic backsliding across sub-Saharan Africa, our study of democratic processes indicates ...

Africa's prosperity tied to investing in democracy - Brookings Institution

Strengthening accountable, democratic governance is critical to resilient African economic growth and development.

The State of Democracy in Africa and the Middle East 2021

This report provides lessons and recommendations that governments, political and civic actors, and international democracy assistance providers should consider.

Review of Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization ...

Violence is still a tool for incumbent regimes; but the dynamics of incumbent regimes are changing. Across much of Sub-Saharan Africa, political leaders are ...

South Africa's Resilient Democracy

South Africa stands out as a surprising democratic success story. For example, the 2021 local-government elections were the most competitive yet in the ...

Senegal just saved its democracy. That helps all West Africa.

Senegal's dramatic transfer of presidential power this week highlights that West Africa, routinely seen as a zone of democratic erosion and ...

Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, Resilience, and ...

Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, Resilience, and Contention. Edited by Leonardo R. Arriola, Lise Rakner, and Nicolas van ...

Democratic Backsliding in Africa? - OAPEN Library

Why have most African countries not achieved greater political liberalization? What explains the lack of progress toward the ideals of liberal democracy ...

Towards Resilient Institutions and Societies in the G7 and Africa ...

Strengthening Democratic Resilience in Africa. African Democracy in the Last Three Decades. Several recent milestones mark the maturation of African democracy.

Paths to Democratic Resilience in an Era of Backsliding - IFES

This paper lays out a detailed approach to building democratic resilience in countries facing democratic erosion, democratic breakdown, and autocratic ...

Does democracy guarantee the resilience of African economies

Downloadable! Based on a panel of 144 developing countries for the period from 1960 to 2020 and using the duration model, our estimates focused on two (02) ...

Africa Aware: Democratic Resilience Mini-Series: The DRC

Martin Fayulu, opposition leader and former presidential candidate in the DRC, on the challenges for achieving free and fair elections in ...

Democracy | Topic in Focus - Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Democracy and security in Africa are closely intertwined. How leaders come to power and to whom they are accountable have direct implications on citizen ...

Democracy, Peace and Governance | West Africa Regional - USAID

Despite progress made in promoting economic growth, consolidating democratic norms, reducing the rates of HIV/AIDS, and protecting the environment, ...

The state of democracy in Africa - International IDEA

Nine African countries are in the top 50 in the world in levels of Participation. Recent experiences in Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria and Sierra ...

PEACE, CLIMATE AND DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE

New, intersectional threats to democracy require creative and integrated responses. The Peace, Climate and Democratic Resilience (PCDR) team focuses on ...

Democratic Struggle, Institutional Reform, and State Resilience in ...

This book examines these processes in six francophone states of the Sahel: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad.

Academy Workshop: The Path Towards Democratic Resilience in ...

The autocratic resurgence affecting multiple countries globally in the recent years does not spare the African continent.