A year of illusions: five things we learnt about democracy in Africa in 2017

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A year of illusions: five things we learnt about democracy in Africa in 2017

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Thursday 4 January 2018, 12:00 AM

A strong judiciary isn’t enough to keep democracy in place. Kenya’s Supreme Court decision nullifying the re-election of Uhuru Kenyatta is a case in point. Reuters/Baz Ratner

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Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham The last twelve months have been a confusing time for African democracy. We have seen coups that didn’

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