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This long form interview with former INEC Chairman Professor Attahiru Jega reflects on election management and the state of democracy in Nigeria

ARI Policy Researcher, Jamie Hitchen spoke to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv about the forthcoming elections in Liberia. 

Drawing on experience of working within Nigeria’s political system, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, puts forward some ideas for reform.

Ahead of Liberia's 2017 elections some provisions of the 2014 Code of Conduct Act are proving particularly controversial. Ibrahim Al-Bakri Nyei explains why.

Nick Branson, Senior Researcher, was quoted on the absence of policy debates in Zambia’s election campaign and lingering questions over the credibility of a newly-established constitutional court responsible for hearing electoral petitions.

Maud Martei and Sandra Kwayisi assess the considerable opportunities for poverty reduction offered by the development of Ghana's agriculture sector

Ramathan Ggoobi seeks to explain why Uganda’s economic progress is being limited by the ‘wrong obsessions’ of President Museveni.

Jamie Hitchen reflects on recent political developments in Uganda and looks ahead to what they can tell us about the next five years.

Jamie Hitchen looks at the role of Uganda's Electoral Commission in the recent polls and asks whether they are still viewed as credible by the majority of Ugandans.

In 1986 Yoweri Museveni promised “fundamental change” in Uganda. Thirty years after the NRM took power, this Briefing Note considers the extent to which the promises of its ten-point programme have been fulfilled.