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published by Abdirahman Maalim Gossar
on August 9, 2024
Kenya has assembled a national Taskforce on Police Reform to strengthen the National Police Service’s efficacy and transparency. To be successful, the taskforce must welcome community participation in the reform process and work to foster greater governmental ownership of the national policing reform agenda. It must also implement new regional policing standards that have emerged across East Africa and within the African Union.
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published by Paul Nantulya
on September 7, 2022
Despite shortcomings, Kenyans have set a new and higher electoral bar for themselves, their neighbors, and the rest of Africa—demonstrating how closely contested elections can be credibly resolved through sufficiently independent institutions.
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published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on July 11, 2022
Kenya’s competitive presidential elections reflect hard-earned progress in establishing independent constitutional and judicial guardrails, though a history of electoral violence demands all sides show restraint.
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published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on September 1, 2017
The decision by the Court to nullify the results of the presidential election reflects the importance of independent institutions to legitimacy and stability in Africa.
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published by Godfrey Musila
on July 26, 2017
Soul searching triggered by Kenya’s 2007–08 electoral violence galvanized legal reforms aimed at mitigating future violence. Would they be effective in the August elections?
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published by Dorina Bekoe
on July 17, 2017
As the Kenyan electoral campaign headed into the homestretch, prospects for violence were mixed. The Africa Center’s Dorina Bekoe offers an assessment.
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published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on May 23, 2017
How well was Kenya prepared for its August 8 elections? In an interview with the Africa Center, Kenyan academic and commentator Dr. Peter Kagwanja discussed the political dynamics and prospects for violence.
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published by Paul Nantulya
on October 7, 2024
Overcoming the ongoing asymmetry of Africa-China relations will require institutionalizing more robust and transparent African monitoring of commitments, strategic representation, and harnessing of African expertise.
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published by Paul Nantulya
on August 20, 2024
To enhance the impact of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, African countries need a more coherent strategy of engagement with China along with increased public transparency, awareness, and citizen agency.
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published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on August 13, 2024
Fatalities linked to militant Islamist violence in Africa have surged by nearly 60 percent since 2021, though this is marked by widely varying regional threat trajectories, actors, and objectives.
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published by Paul Nantulya
on July 29, 2024
China promotes its dominant party model in Africa through a suite of training programs for party and government officials even though this model is antithetical to Africans’ preference for multiparty democracy.
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published by Sègnonna Horace Adjolohoun and Paul Nantulya
on July 8, 2024
Despite limited enforcement capacity, the African Court provides an avenue for redress when national judiciaries are unable to dispense justice, underscoring its instrumental role in promoting norms and standards of conduct on the continent.