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Africans continue to demand meaningful reforms
By Kehinde A. Togun Young people have been leading large-scale protests in two of Africa’s most influential countries, Kenya and Nigeria. While many of the protesters’ demands are unlikely to be met, the demonstrations highlight the urgent need for fundamental reforms, not only in Kenya and Nigeria, but across Africa.
What’s driving Africa’s youth-led protests?
Young people have been leading large-scale protests in two of Africa’s most influential countries, Kenya, and Nigeria. While many of the protesters’ demands are unlikely to be met, the demonstrations highlight the urgent need for fundamental reforms, not just in Kenya and Nigeria, but across Africa.
What’s Driving Africa’s Protests? | by Kehinde A. Togun - Project Syndicate
Despite violent crackdowns, Kenyan youth are still protesting, and their Nigerian counterparts have pledged to return to the streets if their demands are not met. As long as governments lean on repressive tactics, rather than undertaking meaningful reforms, such upheaval will continue in these countries and elsewhere across the continent. WASHINGTON, DC – Young people have been leading large-scale protests in two of Africa’s most influential countries, Kenya and Nigeria.
What’s Driving Africa’s Protests? - Kehinde A. Togun
WASHINGTON, DC – Young people have been leading large-scale protests in two........
MIL-OSI USA: How to Counter Africa’s Coup Problem - Foreign Affairs
Source: United States Institute of Peace The eight coups d’état that have rocked Africa’s Sahel region since 2020 are a flashing, red-light warning: Washington’s efforts to stabilize the region have failed. For too long, the United States has acted on the assumption that jihadi terrorism is the source of the Sahel’s crises and therefore funneled military assistance to the governments fighting it. But Washington must jettison that misconception.
How to Counter Africa’s Coup Problem
The eight coups d’état that have rocked Africa’s Sahel region since 2020 are a flashing, red-light warning: Washington’s efforts to stabilize the region have failed. For too long, the United States has acted on the assumption that jihadi terrorism is the source of the Sahel’s crises and therefore funneled military assistance to the governments fighting it. But Washington must jettison that misconception.
How to Counter Africa’s Coup Problem
The eight coups d’état that have rocked Africa’s Sahel region since 2020 are a flashing, red-light warning: Washington’s efforts to stabilize the region have failed. For too long, the United States has acted on the assumption that jihadi terrorism is the source of the Sahel’s crises and therefore funneled military assistance to the governments fighting it. But Washington must jettison that misconception.
Biden Must Not Ignore Ethiopia's Human Rights Violations
Restoring Washington’s ties with Addis Ababa must not come at the expense of justice and accountability for human rights violations. Tigray war amputees pose before the beginning of rehabilitation exercises at a center in Mekelle. Ximena Borrazas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Eight months after warring parties signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in Ethiopia, the United States is eager to reengage in a full bilateral relationship with the Ethiopian government.
Opinion: Rethinking human trafficking Original
Editor’s Note: Martina E. Vandenberg is the founder and president of The Human Trafficking Legal Center, which she established in 2012. She has represented victims of human trafficking pro bono in immigration, criminal, and civil cases, and has also testified before multiple House and Senate Committees on issues ranging from human trafficking and peacekeeping to forced labor in global supply chains.
Buhari’s Authoritarian Twitter Ban Continues to Silence Nigerians
Analysis Meanwhile, Nigeria teeters on the path to failed statehood. By Idayat Hassan, director of the Centre for Democracy and Development, and Kehinde A. Togun, the senior director for policy and government relations at Humanity United. A man carries a banner during a demonstration in Lagos, Nigeria, on June 12. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Sign up for Africa Brief From Algeria to Zimbabwe and countries in between, a weekly roundup of essential news and analysis from Africa.
How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Advance Peace & Freedom - At Home and Abroad
With the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the United States faces a moment of enormous opportunity to advance peace at home and around the world. As the Biden administration reorients U.S. foreign and domestic policy, it can also begin rethinking many of the systems that support violent conflict and the exploitation of people around the world. In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden spoke a lot about unity.
Why Ghana does disputed elections better than the United States
Lessons from democracy-building efforts abroad for use at home Kehinde A Togun, Foreign Policy 11 January, 2021, 08:45 pm Last modified: 11 January, 2021, 08:51 pm Maintaining democracy requires solid institutions like competent election management bodies and an independent judiciary. But it also takes sustained political leadership and society's commitment to respect and abide by established norms. The danger of ignoring these norms can be fatal.
Why Ghana Does Disputed Elections Better Than U.S.
Why Ghana Does Disputed Elections Better Than U.S.
Why Ghana Does Disputed Elections Better Than the United States
Maintaining democracy requires solid institutions like competent election management bodies and an independent judiciary. But it also takes sustained political leadership and society’s commitment to respect and abide by established norms. The danger of ignoring these norms can be fatal. Yesterday, the U.S. Capitol building was who refused to accept the loss of their preferred candidate, President Donald Trump.
Why Ghana Does Disputed Elections Better Than the United States
Argument Lessons from democracy-building efforts abroad for use at home. The U.S. Capitol is seen behind the Washington Monument the day after a pro-Trump mob broke into the building on Jan. 7. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Maintaining democracy requires solid institutions like competent election management bodies and an independent judiciary. But it also takes sustained political leadership and society’s commitment to respect and abide by established norms. The danger of ignoring these norms can be fatal.
Pro-Trump Mob Invades U.S. Capitol
Jan. 7, 2021 Lessons from democracy-building efforts abroad for use at home. Kehinde A. Togun is Senior Director of Policy and Government Relations at Humanity United. He previously worked at the National Democratic Institute and PartnersGlobal, where he led democracy and governance programs in Eurasia, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa. The U.S. Capitol is seen behind the Washington Monument the day after a pro-Trump mob broke into the building on Jan. 7.
Biden and Harris Offer the Chance of a Reset for Africa’s Democratic Leaders
Election 2020 Democrats on the continent are eager to have a U.S. ally again, but the new administration will have to deliver at home as well. This article is part of Election 2020: America Votes, FP’s round-the-clock coverage of the U.S. election results as they come in, with short dispatches from correspondents and analysts around the world. The America Votes page is free for all readers.
A Key to Success: Engaging Civil Society
The Foreign Service Journal > June 2023 > A Key to Success: Engaging Civil Society Civil society organizations, viewed with skepticism in some African countries and slighted at the summit, can play a vital role in development efforts. BY KEHINDE TOGUN AND MARIA KISUMBI In December 2022, the Biden-Harris administration hosted the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit—the first such convening of African heads of state in the United States since 2014.
Nigerians Are the Latest to Risk Their Lives to Protest Against Police Brutality
Young people across Nigeria have been on the streets protesting for almost three weeks. The protests began after a video surfaced of officers from the country’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) allegedly shooting an individual on the street. SARS was a problematic unit of the Nigerian Police Force, which has been disbanded as a result of the #EndSARS protests. However, the protests have continued and the young people’s demands go beyond curtailing the SARS unit.
The America my son deserves
By Kehinde Togun New York Daily News | Jun 04, 2020 | 5:00 AM I want to believe we’re at a turning point... because I need to believe my son will grow up and not be seen as a threat... (Shutterstock) In February 2012, when Trayvon Martin was killed, I was living in the relative safety — for a black man — of a compound in Northern Iraq. To process the horror of the murders that winter, I sat down and wrote: “A black teenage boy is shot and killed in Sanford, Fla.
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