Muhammadu Buhari, a disciplinarian former military leader, came to power in Nigeria with a specific mandate to improve ...

It's sometimes democracy as we know it—albeit with twists and turns—but there is certainly a new appetite for ...

Zimbabwe has no money, and its government has no fiscal plan. Its reserves are emptied, tax revenues are ...

As student unrest sweeps South Africa, the debate and discourse laid out in youthful pronouncements and Twitter feeds ...

These are dark days for southern Africa.

Africa is coming off a long run of elections and referendums that embody the good, the bad, and ...

All over the world, leaders are being turfed out of office—or at least being reminded that they can’t ...

In some ways, South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, must be exceptionally happy about the #Rhodesmustfall campaign. After all, ...

2015 has been a dramatic year in elections around the world: old leaders were toppled, upstarts and novices ...

Africa's outsider leaders may have good ideas, but as in Croatia, the execution of those ideas is the ...

All in all, the last month in Africa has offered plenty to raise eyebrows.

I spent most of August 2015 in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia—a depressing and mournful tour indeed.