43 articles tagged with “governance”
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights calls for national referendum on Constitutional Amendment Bill No.3, citing risks of excessive executive power concentration and threats to constitutionalism.
President Tinubu's newly signed Electoral Act Amendment 2026 has generated fierce political debate, with the ruling APC defending the reforms while opposition parties and civil society groups warn of potential democratic backsliding.
Zimbabwe has issued a 28 February deadline for all unregistered tourism operators to comply with registration requirements, while Gabon's media regulator suspends social media platforms citing concerns over false information and cyberbullying.
Subnational governments across Nigeria are pursuing aggressive internally generated revenue targets amid volatile federal allocations, raising questions about balancing fiscal ambition with procedural compliance and governance standards.
As Nigeria's electoral commission releases the 2027 general elections timetable, debate intensifies over implementing real-time electronic transmission of results while maintaining legal fallback mechanisms to strengthen electoral integrity.
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai was detained by the Department of State Services immediately after securing bail from the EFCC, while President Tinubu signed electoral reforms aimed at strengthening Nigeria's democratic processes.
A suspended police commissioner's testimony, coalition government instability, and mounting social crises reveal the deepening fractures in South Africa's institutional fabric, as the country grapples with accountability failures across multiple fronts.
President Bola Tinubu has launched comprehensive reforms to Nigeria's legal profession through the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025, initiating what could be the most significant regulatory changes in decades.
Political tensions escalate in Nigeria as calls intensify for the release of detained separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, while disputes over traditional rulers' involvement in governance expose deeper institutional rifts.
From disputes over recovered Abacha-era assets to delayed security allocations and calls for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, Nigeria's governance challenges reveal deep institutional fractures that continue to undermine public trust.
Despite major infrastructure spending including a R7-billion dam in Lesotho and emergency tanker contracts in Johannesburg, residents across southern Africa continue facing severe water shortages amid governance failures and tender irregularities.
From mob justice killings to billion-shilling border walls that were never built, Kenya confronts a cascade of governance failures that expose deep fractures in accountability, security and public trust.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has launched nationwide consultations on a constitutional amendment that would extend presidential terms from five to seven years, as governance challenges ripple across Southern Africa.
From Lagos's violent evictions to Abia's airport land conflicts and nationwide infrastructure neglect, Nigeria confronts intersecting crises that reveal systemic governance weaknesses in managing urban expansion and public assets.
A lawsuit filed against police officers over alleged abuse during a raid on a $100 million ethanol facility highlights growing friction between state security forces and private sector operators, as opposition leader Kizza Besigye warns of deepening governance challenges.