Namibia—The First Postapartheid Democracy

Burundi's leaders are learning to embrace a culture of discussion and consensus that offers a way out of the abyss of civil war.

Despite improvements in South Africa’s socioeconomic landscape and the expansion of the black middle class since the end of apartheid, the country’s levels of poverty and inequality remain high and…

Five years after the close of a horrifying civil war, Sierra Leone held the freest elections in its history. Voters turned out the party that had overseen the war's end,…