Nick Branson

The first part of Nick Branson’s look at Tanzania’s proposed constitution considers the relationship between the constituent parts of the Union ahead of a proposed referendum on 30 April 2015.

At least 5 sub-Saharan African nations are due to hold presidential or general elections in 2018. Check out our expert briefings and reading material on our interactive elections resource map.

Zimbabwe’s 2013 constitution provides for an executive president, limited to serving a maximum of two five-year terms. Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently completing the term of Robert Mugabe, who was elected as president in July 2013 but resigned in November 2017 following a...

This Briefing Note examines the backdrop to the municipal elections that are likely to be a watershed in South Africa’s democratic development.

Sir Edward Clay, former British High Commissioner to Uganda and Kenya, penned a response to our previous blog "Debt and corruption in Tanzania"

Zambia’s 1996 constitution provided for an executive president, limited to serving a maximum of two five-year terms. An amended constitution, promulgated on 5 January 2016, maintains this provision and has an added requirement that the president receives 50 percent of votes cast....

This Briefing Note considers the variables in the country’s fifth multi-party elections, likely to be the most keenly contested to date.

This Briefing Note summarises the contested and controversial history of constitutional reform in Tanzania.

Ken Menkhaus argues that the most important benefit of understanding hybrid local governance is its potential to provide external actors with state-building models which are grounded in post-conflict realities.

DRC’s constitution was promulgated on 18 February 2006 following a popular referendum on 18-19 December 2005. Although the government has yet to establish all of the institutions provided for in the document, Congo retains an executive presidency and a bicameral parliament...