Documents real-world authoritarian tactics used by African leaders to extend rule and suppress succession challenges, exemplifying systematic abuse of power to maintain control against public resistance.
As some of Africa's longest-serving leaders grow older, they are using different tactics to extend their rule. But age, succession battles and public pressure pose new challenges.
Proposed constitutional amendments granting expanded presidential powers with reduced parliamentary checks represent authoritarian… [more]
Detention of a politically active foreign national by ICE raises concerns about potential selective enforcement and political repression,… [more]
Documents threats to democratic participation and state-level attempts to restrict voting rights, representing authoritarian erosion of… [more]