On December 12, 1963, people across Kenya joyfully celebrated independence from British
colonial rule, anticipating a bright future of prosperity and social justice. As the nation …

Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African
politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competitive legislative and presidential …

Since its inception in 2001, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been met with
resistance by various African states and their leaders, who see the court as a new iteration of …

Kenya's March 2013 elections ushered in a popular system of devolved government that
represented the country's biggest political transformation since independence. Yet within …

In order to complement ongoing current empirical research, this article draws wider lessons
from the crisis that grew out of the disputed Kenyan presidential election of December 2007 …

When and why do the urban poor vote for opposition parties in Africa's electoral
democracies? The strategies used by political parties to incorporate the urban poor into the …

In the months leading up to Kenya's general election in March 2013, there was much
concern–both within Kenya itself and internationally–that political competition would trigger …

Recent studies have asked why elites resort to violence, yet many overlook the process and
dynamics of mobilizing violence. How do politicians convince their supporters to fight? This …

Studies of the root causes of violent conflict within countries indicate that severe horizontal
inequalities are an important factor, especially where both political and socio-economic …

This paper draws on the recent experience of Kenya and Zimbabwe to demonstrate how
power-sharing has played out in Africa. Although the two cases share some superficial …