Governance & Democracy Initiative

Data diplomacy: Examining data’s Impact as a tool for diplomatic activities

By Keira Ndoumbe|2022-03-14T14:23:37+00:00March 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance & Democracy Initiative, Publications|Tags: , , |

Data diplomacy initiatives have been positively portrayed by practitioners, laying an emphasis on the need for such moves to more directly address social and global challenges. 

The African-France Summit and an Overview of its Recommendations Since 1973

By Fabien SUNDJO|2022-01-14T17:58:34+00:00January 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance & Democracy Initiative, Publications|Tags: |

The declaration by President Mitterrand in June 1990 at the Franco-African Summit at the La Baule in which he asserted that France was going to henceforth support only countries that made greater democratic progress was a remarkable step in the resolution of the summit.

Zuma Goes to Jail: Implications for Rule of Law, Democracy, and Governance in South Africa

By Peter SAKWE MASUMBE, (PhD)|2021-12-14T14:15:00+00:00December 14th, 2021|Categories: Governance & Democracy Initiative, Publications|Tags: |

In South Africa, the Constitutional Court recently found former president Zuma guilty of contempt of court and landed him a 15-month prison sentence, which is irrefutably a historic judgment in the annals of African politics.

Mali and the Challenges of Democratic Rule: Implications for Continental Democracy

By Peter SAKWE MASUMBE, (PhD)|2021-12-14T14:17:52+00:00December 14th, 2021|Categories: Governance & Democracy Initiative, Publications|Tags: , |

As the transitional government emerged with high ambitions with support from international donors, this initial passion made way for sobering approaches, incarnated by the unhappiness with the transitional government; epitomized by an envisaged general strike by Mali’s biggest trade union federation UNTM.

A Return to Constitutional Order and Democratic Governance in Chad: Is the African Union Not Crawling?

By Tazoacha Francis|2021-12-10T08:43:21+00:00December 9th, 2021|Categories: Governance & Democracy Initiative, Publications|Tags: , |

These constitutional violations were serious enough to warrant the African Union suspend and sanction the military junta, yet they remained indifferent and condoned with moves to harness power at the expense of the budding and staggering democracy

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