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Voting for Togo’s Personalist Dictatorship

In February, Togo became the first of 10 African states to hold (indirect) executive elections in 2025. February 5 also marked the 20th anniversary of the coup that brought Faure Gnassingbé to power. This article assesses the legacy of the 2005 coup and the failure of Togo’s democratization.

1.05.2025

Book Reviews

Disinformation in Africa: A Distinct Landscape Compared to Global Trends?

Digital Disinformation in Africa is a book about how disinformation through digital tools is playing an increasing role on the African continent in distorting elections, inflaming internal conflicts and disrupting crucial policy debates across the continent on issues such as vaccination, gender and reproductive rights. This book is part of the Digital Africa series, which studies the effects of new technologies on the African continent. On one hand, these technologies have certainly facilitated the exercise of democratic rights and freedoms; on the other hand, they have been used by repressive regimes to restrict those rights.

14.02.2025

Book Reviews

Women of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) in the Anticolonial Struggle

To what extent have the memories of anticolonial struggles in the 20th century silenced the voices of important participants? Aliou Ly's Women of the Portuguese Guinea Liberation War. De-Gendering the History of Anticolonial Struggle aims to bring a fresh understanding to this troubling question. It approaches an anticolonial struggle in Africa from a de-gendered perspective, writes Adrian Matus in this review.

16.08.2024

The Impact of Systemic Shocks on Africa’s Development – A Complexity Approach in a Context of Global Disorder

We are simultaneously experiencing a shift in global power, the growing strength of artificial intelligence, and climate shocks. Their concurrence and the associated instability that it will cause will inevitably impact development in Africa. Only a complexity approach can provide an adequate vehicle to pursue development interventions in this “brave new world.”

14.06.2024