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Voices From The Field

14 September 2020

Botswana’s Piecemeal Constitutional Reform Initiative: Banning Floor Crossing

Referendum Banner Featuring President Weah (photo credit: FPA)

Voices From The Field

8 September 2020

Liberia’s Constitutional Referendum on Dual Citizenship and Reduced Political Tenure

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera celebrates his victory (photo credit: Reuters)

Voices From The Field

28 August 2020

Taming Malawi’s Presidency: Will Chakwera Walk the Talk?

President Embalo (left)and runner up and PAIGC Candidate Pereira (photo credit: AfricaNews)

Voices From The Field

14 July 2020

Guinea-Bissau’s political paralysis: Potential and risks of constitutional reform process

Constitutional Court President Professor Danielle Darlan (photo credit: Journal du Cameroun)

Voices From The Field

22 June 2020

COVID-19 and Unamendable Limits on Duration of Presidential and Legislative Terms in the Central African Republic

Hirak Protests in Algiers_December 2019 (photo credit: AFP)

Voices From The Field

4 June 2020

Algeria’s not-so-new (Draft) Constitution: Betraying Hirak’s radicalism?

Tshisekedi holds constitution during his inauguration (photo credit: Olivia Acland/Reuters)

Voices From The Field

27 May 2020

DRC’s Constitutional Court: Broken shield in overseeing the executive in emergencies?

Referendum Campaign Poster encourages voters to support new constitution (photo credit: Reuters/Stringer)

Voices From The Field

19 March 2020

Guinea third term weather forecast: Constitutional storm in a clearing West African sky

From left: Opposition MCP Candidate Lazarus Chakwera, President Peter Mutharika, and UTM's Saulos Chilima (Photo credit: AllAfrica)

Voices From The Field

29 February 2020

Malawi’s nullified presidential elections and the plurality vs majoritarian (run-off) debate

Robert Mugabe shakes hands with Morgan Tsvangirai after signing the new constitution into law (photo credit: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP)

Voices From The Field

26 February 2020

Fortifying Zimbabwe’s ‘Imperial’ Presidency? The Proposed Second Amendment to the Constitution

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