Cameroon’s disputed election exposes Africa’s deeper crisis as ageing leaders cling to power in a continent driven by youth and desperate for renewal.
Niger state’s moves to regulate the media and control sermons are raising fears of growing censorship.
The resignation of Geoffrey Nnaji after Premium Times’s forgery exposé has raised hard questions about Nigeria’s institutions and whether the law will act on clear evidence of criminality.
Ekpa warned that without effective enforcement of the rule of law, constitutional guarantees of human rights risk remaining symbolic across Africa.
Delayed judgments in South Africa, with over 220 judgments pending for more than six months, are eroding public trust in the judiciary and raising urgent calls for judicial reform.
The state, holding vast land assets, should transfer its property, in ownership, to deserving citizens. Under no circumstances should the state sit on land.
To many advocates, voting behind bars is more about respecting the rights of the inmates who have already lost so much.
More than a year after the Supreme Court outlawed state control of local government funds, most councils are still waiting for their share as governors and political bottlenecks stall implementation.
Launched on July 31st, the CJID Openness Index is the country’s first systematic evaluation of how Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory fare in enabling expression, participation, and media freedom.
While Goita continues to tout his leadership as a stabilising force, analysts caution that his extended rule has eroded Mali’s democratic institutions.
The late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was marked by widespread press repression, with over 300 violations recorded, including journalist arrests, media raids, and a sharp decline in Nigeria’s press freedom ranking.
High-profile Africans are increasingly falling into the nets of foreign law enforcers for crimes they could easily evade at home.
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