On 2 April 2018, Egypt’s Electoral Commission declared incumbent Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi the winner of the presidential election with 97 per cent of the vote. However, since no real contenders were allowed before and during the elections, the ballot was more of a referendum on al-Sisi’s second term…
The UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security of December 2015 recognised the importance of youths’ active participation in peacebuilding for the first time. Its implementation, however, will take a while. The analysis of young people’s participation in politics, the economy,…
Many African countries lack crucial institutional, economic, and societal preconditions for democracy. Despite these difficulties, electoral turnovers have been on the rise since 1990. When institutions alone are too weak to ensure political pluralism, civil society organisations perform important…
