Francophone Africa in Flux

Often recommended as a means of ending intractable civil wars, power-sharing may in fact be least likely to work when it is most needed.

South Africa’s government sought to heed expert advice with its covid lockdown, yet shortcomings in state capacity fatally undermined both the virus response and efforts to address its devastating economic…

The encrypted messaging service WhatsApp has become an increasingly important tool for “fake news” in Nigeria, while weakening government control of information and broadening opportunities for political participation.