Justice Malala

The president won 99% of the vote in this week’s election. The result underlines Kagame’s continued drift away from democracy.

The conditions that led to the East African country’s protests this week are simmering in many other jurisdictions on the continent.

Leaders face the gargantuan task of keeping a rickety coalition together — and reviving the economy.

A damaging populist future awaits the country unless its two main political parties — the ANC and the DA — strike a deal.

The country is becoming a normal, boisterous, and competitive democracy — even if dangers abound.

What Zimbabwe needs is a new political direction, not a new currency.

The former president may unseat the ANC in populous KwaZulu Natal — and be a kingmaker in national coalition talks.

The election of Bassirou Diomaye Faye signals a growing anti-imperialist movement across the continent.

The Senegalese president’s clumsy attempt at a constitutional putsch is the latest in a trend of democratically elected African reformists trying to extend their hold on power.

With Mandela’s ANC not quite out the door, the country’s economic and political path will be harder before it gets easier.