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Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, has been in power for four decades. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP
AFRICAN UNION

Paul Biya’s presidential candidacy a crisis of democracy in Cameroon

What is needed is a rethinking of leadership, a redistribution of political power and inclusive and accountable governance

  • Helen C Folefac & Tinashe Sithole
4 min read
DHAKAR, SENEGAL – JUNE 02: Sonkoâs supporters gather to protest after Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko jailed for 2 years for âcorrupting youthâ in Dhakar, Senegal on June 02, 2023. At least nine people were killed in clashes, and public and private properties were vandalized in Senegal following the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to two years in prison for “corrupting the youth,” the country’s interior minister said on Friday. (Photo by Annika Hammerschlag/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
AFRICAN CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY

Senegal’s democracy hangs in the balance

The West African country is at a critical juncture, where the aspirations of its people are being trampled upon

  • Nyasha Mcbride Mpani
4 min read