Achebe’s Africa

Following the end of the Cold War, an international norm against coups began gaining strength, but it seems to have lost momentum in recent years. What has happened?

While many blamed President John Magufuli for throwing the country off its democratizing track, the truth is that the party that has ruled Tanzania for six decades has always been…

After the ethnic violence that marred its 2007 presidential election, Kenya must reform its institutions to better represent its diverse polity.