Malawi’s New Dream

Due to weak opposition parties and presidential dominance, many African countries have not reaped the full benefits of regularly held elections.

Despite signs of a cautious willingness to allow more political competition, the regime of newly reelected president Yoweri Museveni fell back on familiar habits of brutal repression when public unrest…

Ethiopia’s ruling party has long been tightening its grip, using antiterrorism laws and harsh restrictions on media and civil society to silence voices critical of the regime.