Southern African Development Community Archives

Long-serving African presidents say the people want them to stay on. Is that true?

Boniface Dulani - November 4, 2021

The third in Afrobarometer’s special democracy summit series on Africa.

Kai Thaler - August 26, 2021

Bringing ex-insurgents into a government’s security forces can win over locals and improve intelligence — but only if it is done well.

Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny and Jaynisha Patel - March 25, 2021

Protectionism ranks high with many Africans, new survey results show

Lisa Mueller and Abhit Bhandari - August 12, 2019

People support free trade, but there are other bonds.

Anna Mwaba - January 21, 2019

After a contentious race, on Jan. 10, 2019, Democratic Republic

Sara Hellmüller - January 17, 2019

[caption id="attachment_82718" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Congolese police officers hold back members

Mwita Chacha and Jonathan Powell - November 17, 2018

[caption id="attachment_80093" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses the

Beatty Riedl - July 14, 2018

[caption id="attachment_75592" align="aligncenter" width="333"] (Cambridge University Press)[/caption] On Monday, the

Alexander Noyes - February 24, 2018

[caption id="attachment_69701" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A woman holds a sign that reads, “Faure!

Anne Frugé - July 1, 2016

[caption id="attachment_38201" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Africa, from space. (NASA)[/caption] On June