AFRICA

‘The referendum could be used to consolidate the junta’s power rather than transition to democracy’

‘The dismissal of Sudan’s case against the UAE exposes the limits of international law’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘The NGO bill strengthens legal mechanisms designed to discredit or silence critical civil society voices’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘The new NGO law is a political weapon targeting civil and political rights work’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘The democratic ideal is alive and well and no one can govern for long without credible elections’

Tunisia’s demolished democracy: presidential crackdown intensifies

Mass trial delivers decades-long sentences

NORTHERN AFRICA

South Sudan’s potential path to civil war

Peace agreement breached amid broken democratic promises and renewed ethnic violence

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘The risk of a return to full-scale war is very high – it’s only a matter of time’

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘The recent attacks on activists echo apartheid-era repression, although this is supposedly a democracy’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘Political leadership may have changed, but the state still controls the narrative and excludes civil society’

SOUTHERN AFRICA