Africa
The region includes all of Africa plus the Middle East as far as Asia.
![Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama (Photo credit: EPA) Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama (Photo credit: EPA)](/sites/default/files/mozambiqe_decentralisation_august_2016.jpg)
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) 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)](/sites/default/files/burundi_president_august_2016.jpg)
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) 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)](/sites/default/files/kenya_gender_bill_august_2016.jpg)
News
25 August 2016
Kenyan Senate fails to vote on constitutional amendment bill on gender balance
![Photo credit: Daily Monitor Photo credit: Daily Monitor](/sites/default/files/uganda_constitution_august_2016.jpg)
News
22 August 2016
Op-ed: Uganda should commence a genuine participatory constitutional review process
![ليبيا : صالح شاكر"بعض أعضاء هيئة الدستور يسعون لتعديل الإعلان الدستوري لضمان عدم إستفتاء الشعب على المسودة" ليبيا : صالح شاكر"بعض أعضاء هيئة الدستور يسعون لتعديل الإعلان الدستوري لضمان عدم إستفتاء الشعب على المسودة"](/sites/default/files/capture_172.jpg)
News
19 August 2016
ليبيا : صالح شاكر"بعض أعضاء هيئة الدستور يسعون لتعديل الإعلان الدستوري لضمان عدم إستفتاء الشعب على المسودة"
![صناعة الدساتير في السودان: المؤتمر القومي الدستوري صناعة الدساتير في السودان: المؤتمر القومي الدستوري](/sites/default/files/capture_171.jpg)
Analysis
18 August 2016
صناعة الدساتير في السودان: المؤتمر القومي الدستوري
![President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga (Photo creit: Maurice Alal) President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga (Photo creit: Maurice Alal)](/sites/default/files/kenya_uhu_n_opp_august_2016.jpg)
News
18 August 2016
Kenya ruling and opposition parties agree on reforms to composition of electoral commission
![South African Parliament (Photo credit: SABC) South African Parliament (Photo credit: SABC)](/sites/default/files/south_africa_na_august_2016.jpg)
News
17 August 2016
Review of South African constitution on the agenda as parliament resumes session
![Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara in a parade to commemorate the country's 56th Independence Day (Photo credit: Reuters) Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara in a parade to commemorate the country's 56th Independence Day (Photo credit: Reuters)](/sites/default/files/ivory_coast_president_august_2016.jpg)
News
15 August 2016
Cote d'Ivoire constitutional reform process criticized as non-inclusive, nontransparent
![ANC leaership watching results of local elections (photo credit: Simphiwe Nkwali) ANC leaership watching results of local elections (photo credit: Simphiwe Nkwali)](/sites/default/files/south_africa_anc_august_2016.jpg)
News
12 August 2016
South African ANC to discuss proportional electoral system following loses in local elections
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