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President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa (credit: Presidential Executive Office of Russia via Wikimedia Commons)

Voices From The Field

19 March 2026

Executive Consolidation by Constitutional Disruption: The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill No.3

2025 Constitution Review Commission of Ghana (credit: President of the Republic of Ghana)

Voices From The Field

14 January 2026

Third Time Could Be a Charm: Ghana’s Constitution Review Committee’s Plan to Fix Governance Deficits

Protest against the Amnesty and Shielding Constitutional Amendment Bills (credit: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil via Flickr)

Voices From The Field

8 January 2026

A Year in Constitution-Building: What 2025 Revealed, What 2026 May Bring

President of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh (Ilyas Ahmed via Wikimedia Commons)

Voices From The Field

16 December 2025

Djibouti's new constitution: between longevity in power and the beginnings of socio-political instability

Président du Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh (Ilyas Ahmed via Wikimedia Commons)

Voices From The Field

16 December 2025

La nouvelle constitution de Djibouti : entre longévité au pouvoir et prémices d’une instabilité socio-politique

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema (credit: Olivier Mugwiza via The New Times on Flickr)

Voices From The Field

25 November 2025

Zambia: The Endless Search for a New Constitution

Annual Review of Constitution Building: 2024

Analysis

Annual Review of Constitution Building: 2024

by IDEA

Supreme Court of Kenya (credit: Francis Akuka via Wikimedia Commons)

Voices From The Field

29 August 2025

The Blurry Lines: Separation of Powers at Risk in Kenya’s Constitutional Battle over Government Funds

Transitional President of Guinea, General Mamadi Doumbouya (credit: Aboubacarkhoraa via Wikimedia Commons)

Voices From The Field

5 August 2025

Draft Constitution in Guinea: Legal Issues, Political Dynamics, and Democratic Prospects

Second reading of the Constitution (Promulgation) Bill 2024 at the National Assembly of The Gambia (photo credit: Satang Nabaneh)

Voices From The Field

8 July 2025

Constitution Bill Rejected at Second Reading: Halting the Reform Process in The Gambia?

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