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Guinea-Bissau and Benin coup moves reflect democratic disappointment

Carolyn E. Holmes - December 15, 2025
Coup leaders claim they’re defending democracy, not upending it.

U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.

Jennifer McCoy, Rachel Beatty Riedl, Kenneth Roberts, and Murat Somer - March 31, 2025
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.

Africans see rising corruption, even in daily life

Rehan Visser - December 9, 2024
Afrobarometer surveys track perceptions of graft and experience of bribery.

In citizens’ assessments, most African police forces come up short

Matthias Krönke, Thomas Isbell, and Makanga Ronald Kakumba - March 22, 2024
From protests to traffic stops, negative experiences often mark the public’s views of police professionalism.

Africans across 34 countries see the police as predatory, not protective

Carolyn Logan - March 19, 2022
Afrobarometer’s latest surveys indicate poorer citizens are more likely than the wealthy to be pressured to pay bribes.

Africa has had eight coup attempts in recent months. What’s behind the ‘coup epidemic’?

Kristen Harkness - February 8, 2022
How leaders consolidate their power helps explain why soldiers depose governments.

Is Africa losing ground in the battle for water and sanitation?

Daniel Armah-Attoh - January 27, 2022
Afrobarometer surveys show citizens expect their governments to do more

African citizens support their governments’ pandemic responses — mostly. They’re not sure about the vaccines.

Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny - August 26, 2021
The latest Afrobarometer surveys could help government messaging on fighting the delta variant

Zambia has an election this week. Here’s what you need to know.

Danielle Resnick - August 10, 2021
Voters aren’t happy about the country’s economic outlook or its external debt problem

Chad’s president lived and died by the gun. Will the country shift away from militarized rule?

Marielle Debos - May 7, 2021
Chad has a long history of armed conflicts. That doesn’t mean it’s a country of warriors.
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