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Africa

The region includes all of Africa plus the Middle East as far as Asia.

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Draft Constitution
Draft Constitution of Cote d'Ivoire, October 2016
by external source
Photo credit: Makerere University
News
16 September 2016
Ugandan parliament rejects constitutional amendment proposal to extend age limits for electoral commissioners, judges
Guinea Bissau Flag (photo credit: City of Mozambique)
News
13 September 2016
Guinea Bissau to reform constitution, defense sector to end crisis
Photo credit: YNaija
News
9 September 2016
Op-ed: Nigerian youth engagement in constitutional review to enhance political participation
Kenyan parliament (Photo credit: Capital FM)
News
5 September 2016
Kenyan women organisations to petition courts over the 2/3 gender rule
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza (photo credit: VOA News)
News
31 August 2016
Burundi parliament to review report proposing scrapping of constitutional term limits
Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama (Photo credit: EPA)
News
30 August 2016
Mozambique to amend constitution toward decentralization, end insurrection
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza attends the ruling Conseil National pour la Defense de la Democratie - Forces pour Defense de la Democratie (CNDD-FDD) party extraordinary congress  (photo credit: Reuters/Evrard Ngendakumana)
News
25 August 2016
Burundi commission says people want presidential term limits removed
Cord and Jubilee MPs during a press conference on the two-third gender rule on May 5, 2016. The Bill to implement the gender principle has now failed to pass in the National Assembly and Senate (Photo credit: Anthony Omuya | Nation Media Group)
News
25 August 2016
Kenyan Senate fails to vote on constitutional amendment bill on gender balance
Photo credit: Daily Monitor
News
22 August 2016
Op-ed: Uganda should commence a genuine participatory constitutional review process

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