What will keep ships — and people — safer in the Gulf of Guinea?
Here’s an update on piracy incidents
Long-serving African presidents say the people want them to stay on. Is that true?
The third in Afrobarometer’s special democracy summit series on Africa.
Can you be a citizen of more than one country? Here’s what to learn from Liberia.
A new book explores national and transnational citizenship in the 21st century
A Florida security company is entangled in the assassination of Haiti’s president. How is that possible?
An increasing number of clients and providers in the private security market are dodging the rules
The African Union called on Congo to suspend its election’s results. That’s unprecedented.
After a contentious race, on Jan. 10, 2019, Democratic Republic
Qatar will leave OPEC. Here’s what this means.
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Former U.S. Special Forces were reportedly hired to kill Yemen’s leaders. Did the government know?
[caption id="attachment_79057" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The carcass of a car reportedly
How cheap oil hurts sub-Saharan Africa
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Did Trump try to lose today’s United Nations vote on Israel?
[caption id="attachment_67538" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the
How today’s despots and kleptocrats hide their stolen wealth
[caption id="attachment_66191" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Yang Xiuzhu is escorted from a
Where do ousted dictators go? Fewer countries now offer a warm welcome.
[caption id="attachment_53276" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Gambia's defeated president, Yahya Jammeh, left
Most nations going to the Olympics won’t bring home a medal. Here’s why they compete anyway.
Sending a delegation to the Olympics builds national identity.
In central Africa, citizens are using social media to build democracy. Here’s how.
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Why Obama’s military deployment against Boko Haram is too little, too late
[caption id="attachment_31259" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Cameroon's Deputy Prime Minister Amadou Ali
Governance, gender and no guarantees in Africa’s oil-rich states
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Governance, gender and no guarantees in Africa's oil-rich states
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Burkina Faso: Leading a wave or joining the club?
[caption id="attachment_17553" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Burkina Faso's Lt. Col. Yacouba Isaac
Financing Africa’s democratic opposition
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Where are the flawed elections?
Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John
Election Reports and Political Science: Update
A little more than a month ago I announced a