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Africa: Madaniya* (Civic Politics) – Women Emergency Response Rooms As Flourishing Sites of Democracy in War Time Sudan

eriinfo.com1 week ago017 mins

The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas. Through a number of themes that explore the intersections of war, displacement, identities and capital, Sudanese researchers, many of whom are themselves displaced,…

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African Political Parties Set Sights On Inclusive Democracy

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago06 mins

– African political parties, which gathered in Acra, Ghana, for the African Political Parties Summit 2025, have pledged to ensure inclusivity and democracy as driving engines of Africa’s future. Speaking at the opening of the Summit, Prosperity Party Vice President Adem Farah stated that his party was born from a conscious choice of members of…

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Africa: Us, AU, Ecowas, Others Hail Buhari As a Champion of Democracy, Integrity

eriinfo.com2 months ago09 mins

World leaders and international organisations have paid tributes to former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away at 82. The ECOWAS Commission, in a statement by its President Omar Touray, hailed Buhari as a distinguished statesman and key figure in advancing democracy and regional integration. “It is with deep sorrow that the world learnt of…

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Africa: Welcome to Africa @ the G20 Podcast Series Powered By Democracy Works Foundation

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Welcome to Africa @ the G20, the podcast where we explore how African voices, priorities, and leadership can shape global governance spaces. Powered by Democracy Works Foundation and hosted by Raisa Cole and Lerato Maloka, the Climate Governance team at Democracy Works Foundation. In the first episode, we turn our focus to the Foundations20 (F20)…

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West Africa: Coups in West Africa Have Five Things in Common – Knowing What They Are Is Key to Defending Democracy

eriinfo.com2 months ago011 mins

August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d’état. While the event reshaped Mali’s domestic politics, it also marked the beginning of a broader wave of military takeovers that swept parts of Africa between 2020 and 2023. Soldiers have toppled governments in Niger, Burkina Faso (twice),…

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Africa: Obasanjo Decries Africa’s Leadership, Overdependence On Aid, Flawed Democracy

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has attributed Africa’s stagnation to a combination of poor leadership, endemic corruption, overdependence on foreign aid, and the continent’s adoption of a democratic model ill-suited to its realities. Speaking at the 32nd Annual Meeting of Afreximbank in Abuja on Thursday night, Obasanjo argued that Western liberal democracy, inherited from colonial powers,…

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Africa: Call for Articles 13th High-Level Dialogue On Democracy, Governance, Human Rights, Peace and Security

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

The African Union Commission’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS), in partnership with the AGA-APSA Platform and the Government of the Republic of Ghana, is pleased to announce the 13th Biennial High-Level Dialogue (HLD) on Democracy, Human Rights, Governance, Peace and Security, taking place end of July 2025 in Accra, Ghana, along with…