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
Why are Africans dissatisfied with democracy? Think corruption. Robert Mattes and Christiaan Keulder - November 18, 2021 The fifth in Afrobarometer’s special democracy summit series on Africa
Africans find it hard to learn what their governments are up to. It’s no surprise many suspect corruption. Joseph Asunka and Carolyn Logan - May 20, 2021 The lack of transparency affects people’s views of government, Afrobarometer surveys find
Africa launched its free trade zone in January. Here’s what Africans think about economic integration. Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny and Jaynisha Patel - March 25, 2021 Protectionism ranks high with many Africans, new survey results show
Fewer Africans think taxes are legitimate. That’s a problem. Thomas Isbell and Lulu Olan’g - February 25, 2021 How citizens view taxation could be critical to government responses to emergencies such as the coronavirus
Africans want elections, but fewer believe they work Mavis Zupork Dome and Fredline M'Cormack-Hale - February 11, 2021 Faith in electoral accountability has declined in the past decade
Africans think their governments aren’t fighting corruption hard enough Christiaan Keulder - January 28, 2021 But they fear punishment if they speak up against it
Are African governments doing enough to help young people? Here’s what Afrobarometer surveys reveal. Sadhiska Bhoojedhur, Ousmane Djiby Sambou, and Gildfred Asiamah - January 14, 2021 Job creation is citizens’ top priority — and they’re willing to pay for it.
Coronavirus crisis tests social bonds in Africa Luyando Mutale Katenda, Carolyn Logan, and Aminatou Seydou - December 17, 2020 The latest Afrobarometer surveys find evidence of both unity and discrimination in 18 African countries
Nigerians are protesting police abuses. How do citizens of other African countries view the police? Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny and Brian Howard - November 5, 2020 Afrobarometer surveys reveal where people are less likely to trust the police
African nations are among those most vulnerable to climate change. A new survey suggests they are also the least prepared. Edem E. Selormey and Carolyn Logan - September 22, 2019 Afrobarometer surveyed more than 45,000 people in 34 countries.
What’s behind South Africa’s xenophobic violence in 2019? Carolyn Holmes - September 9, 2019 Violence against immigrants has sparked a diplomatic crisis
New Afrobarometer data shows Africans want elections — especially if they bring change at the top Sadhiska Bhoojedhur and Michael Bratton - July 9, 2019 That’s what Sudan’s protesters are risking their lives for. They’re not alone in their demands.
Could a power-sharing arrangement end protests in Togo? It’s complicated. Alexander Noyes - February 24, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69701" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A woman holds a sign that reads, “Faure!
The news media offer slanted coverage of Muslim countries’ treatment of women Rochelle Terman - May 5, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57861" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Muslim women pray upon seeing a
What Africans think about China’s influence in their countries Kim Yi Dionne - October 28, 2016 It's mostly good.
Will Turkey’s coup attempt prompt others nearby? Jonathan Powell and Curtis Bell - July 30, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44724" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Riot police secure a police station
Here’s this year’s (flawed) Corruption Perception Index. Those flaws are useful. Dan Hough - January 27, 2016 On Wednesday, Transparency International (TI), the world’s leading anti-corruption organization, is
Anyone planning a coup should read this first Kim Yi Dionne - September 10, 2015 For every failed coup attempt I see from here on
Taking stock of ‘good coups’ in Africa Sebastian Elischer - May 18, 2015 [caption id="attachment_24939" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Boys walk behind patrolling soldiers in
Taking stock of 'good coups' in Africa - May 18, 2015 [caption id="attachment_24939" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Boys walk behind patrolling soldiers in
The OECD’s fragility index is surprisingly fragile and difficult to reproduce Thomas Scherer - May 17, 2015 In its 2015 States of Fragility report, the Organization for
The OECD's fragility index is surprisingly fragile and difficult to reproduce Erik Voeten - May 17, 2015 In its 2015 States of Fragility report, the Organization for
How economic shocks matter for coups Nam Kim - September 23, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15983" align="alignnone" width="620"] Anti-government protesters shelter from rain under
Why popular opinion can’t predict a coup Naunihal Singh - September 15, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15689" align="alignnone" width="620"] A member of the Lesotho military
There wasn't a coup in Lesotho, but will there be? Kim Yi Dionne - June 25, 2014 Lesotho Parliament. (OER Africa, shared with Creative Commons License) Late
There wasn’t a coup in Lesotho, but will there be? Kim Yi Dionne - June 25, 2014 Lesotho Parliament. (OER Africa, shared with Creative Commons License) Late