Depending on foreign aid to pay the bills makes moving on when it’s gone harder.
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No one is immune to change in leadership that has led many African presidents to lose their coveted top job.
He’s used to ruling on the soccer field, but how will George Weah tackle the job of Liberian president?
Thousands of Liberian women have banded together to bring about peace and to fight for women’s rights. They’ve changed the face of the African nation.
Activists often face intransigent regimes and ruthless warlords. But women can use traditional insights into femininity and motherhood for political mobilisation and resistance.
The international media and her supporters continue to hoist Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf up as the matron of African women’s rights. But she does not deserve this title.
The Gambian election dispute is not the first that ECOWAS has confronted. Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010 presidential election is a case in point. There it resorted to military action to enforce the outcome.
The African Union has identified youth as critical for development. But, a new survey reveals a wide gap between these aspirations and the reality of youth public engagement on the continent.
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Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Cincinnati
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Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Feminist Research, Western University
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Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, University of Cincinnati
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Afrobarometer Senior Analyst/Methodologist, University of Cape Town
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Director of the Leaders of Africa Institute and Research Affiliate with Davidson College, Davidson College
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, Indiana University
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Associate Professor, Director of the Purdue Peace Project, Purdue University