A study in which we look at the level of democracy in four countries where the present incumbent has been in power for more than 15 years and four other countries where two or more Presidents succeeded in office in the last 15 years.
Ngah Gabriel articles
Author Ngah Gabriel writes for Democracy Chronicles from the Republic of Cameroon. Ngah obtained a B.Sc in Economics and Management, option Business Administration, from the University of Yaounde II-Soa, Cameroon, in 2012. Then, from 2013 to 2015, he studied and obtained an MA Political Science and International Relations, option Dynamics, Management and Security of Cross-Border Areas, (DGSET) from the same university. He joined Good Governance Counsel (GGC) from January 2013 to April 2017 as a Research Assistant.
At GGC, where he worked under the supervision of Dr. James Kewir, he was involved in research on conflict prevention, regional integration, cross-border trade and public service management. His role was data collection and research consultancy. The highlight of his passage at GGC was a presentation of a Conference Paper on the Causes of Electoral Conflicts in Africa, presented before an international audience of experts at the University of Buea, Cameroon. This paper spurred in him the desire to focus his attention on the paradox of elections as a mode of democratic transition and conflict in Africa. His research in this area has led him to take interest in understanding factors influencing non-compliance with elections which according to him appear to be central to the study of conflicts in Central Africa. He is currently a Doctoral Degree student in the field of politics. His research is on "Violence as Politics by Other Means in the Central African Republic, 1991-2017".
Do Term Limits Have the Power to Save African Democracy?
In comparing African countries, those with term limits for the position of the Chief Executive are more likely to have democratic advancements or to be more democratic than those in which there are no term limits.
The Significance of the Old Age of African Presidents
One-man-rule through successive winnings in multi-party elections can therefore only happen through a botched democratic process transforming any such democracy into a nominal democracy.
Yahya Jammeh and the 2016 Gambian Election Deadlock
The African story is a sad one. A billion Africans are trapped in the hands of a few mad men who have taken the continent hostage. A good example is Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia.
Causes of Electoral Violence in Africa
The main objective of this study was to carry out a general overview of the areas in which the causes and enabling conditions of electoral violence in African countries can be underpinned.
The 2016 Gabon Post Election Crisis
Gabon is one of only two countries in the Central African sub-region that has not experienced armed civil conflict since gaining independence. But what explains the recent post-election violence?