africa & democracy: all articles

He led South Africa beyond apartheid. He remains a global hero. But what of the revisionist case?

A nation once respected for its independence struggle is now crushed by repressive leadership

The post-election violence leaves a bitter legacy. But the official inquiry is a resource for justice

A desperate people deserve better than another pro-Mugabe political fix. Here it is

The International Criminal Court needs to get closer to those in whose name it operates

To charge Sudan’s president with genocide and war crimes in Darfur is momentous - and dangerous

A rooted conflict and a blocked peace spell stalemate in Sudan and its region

A one-man election faces Africa's leaders with a choice - to turn against Robert Mugabe at last

The wars provoked by Sudan's revolutionary Islamist regime are failing to deliver the regional control Khartoum seeks

A national disaster needs a strong, imaginative - and global - response

The agreements that govern European-African trade need a late rethink

How far were the pogroms prefigured by Kenya’s political elite long before the first ballot was cast?

Zimbabwe and Kenya offer a different mix of colonial folly and African leadership

The cold logic behind the Sudan regime's zealous rhetoric

The Commonwealth in Kampala failed to live up to its own principles

The hardest problem of central Africa's conflict can be solved

All roads in Sudan's nightmare lead to Khartoum

Tuareg revolt and commercial-political rivalry drive Niger to an abyss

The effects of war, poverty and displacement dominate the daily lives of Somalian women

The implosion of Chad has become part of a wider regional conflict