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President Mwai Kibaki at the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010 (photo credit: File)

Analysis

30 March 2015

How drafters of 2010 Constitution ensured MPs won’t abuse it for political expediency

photo credit: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images

News

30 March 2015

Senegal leader Macky Sall offers to reduce presidential term as 'example to Africa'

image credit: The Citizen

Analysis

30 March 2015

Time to tell the truth about the referendum on the Tanzanian constitution

World map: death penalty under the law (info-graph credit: Amnesty International)

News

15 March 2015

Zimbabwe: Constitution should completely abolish the death penalty

Tanzanians celebrating the draft constitution (photo credit: AWC)

Analysis

15 March 2015

Making the new constitution for Tanzania: Challenges and Opportunities

Consultation organized by the Constitutional Review Committee in Liberia (photo credit: UNDP)

Voices From The Field

13 March 2015

Lack of Money or Lack of Political Will: What is Stalling Constitutional Reform in Liberia?

President Omer Hassan al-Bashir addresses the general convention of the ruling National Congress Party (photo credit: Sudan News Agency)

News

24 February 2015

Sudan’s Bashir reiterates adherence to Islamic constitution

African countries are shaded according to their experience as of February 2015 regarding attempts to repeal constitutional term limits of the executive. Data: Rachel Beatty Riedl. (Kim Yi Dionne/The Monkey Cage)

Analysis

20 February 2015

Are efforts to limit presidential power in Africa working?

President Nkurunziza of Burundi (photo credit: tanganyikablog.wordpress.com)

News

19 February 2015

Burundi warns campaigners opposing president’s third term bid

photo credit: AfricLaw

Analysis

19 February 2015

Tanzania’s proposed new constitution and the fate of social and economic rights

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