Janette Yarwood is chair of the Sub-Saharan Africa Area Studies Program at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, and previously worked in the Africa Program at the Institute for Defense Analysis. She is coauthor (with Alexander Noyes) of “The AU Continental Early Warning System: From Conceptual to Operational?” (2013). The opinions expressed here are those of the author and should not be viewed as representing the official position of the U.S. government.
July 2016, Volume 27, Issue 3
As more and more African presidents attempt to remove or circumvent constitutional term limits, African populations increasingly are mobilizing en masse, at great risk, to defend their constitutions.
