South Africa’s Future: Symposium—Democratic Party

The latest survey wave finds Africans with a still-robust demand for democratic governance, unblunted by covid or Chinese influence. Can governments deliver?

For more than two decades, President Yoweri Museveni has been building an authoritarian regime that answers closely to his personal will.

In 2000, Senegal experienced its first-ever electoral victory by an opposition candidate. Yet the social foundations that have supported one of Africa’s most liberal regimes are shifting, with unpredictable consequences.