Africa’s continental democracy framework turns 20 in 2027, but implementation remains uneven. While 46 states have signed the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) and 39 have ratified it, only Togo and Rwanda have submitted the reports required…
Introducing Open House: Connecting Citizens, Civil Society and Parliaments Across Southern Africa The Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) has launched Open House, a new regional initiative focused on parliamentary openness and engagement across Southern Africa. The initiative brings together PMG’s experience…
For a nation that must contend with the considerable structural socio-economic challenges that it does, Malawi punches well above its weight as a mature democracy. The Southern African nation has experienced five major peaceful electoral or constitutional turnovers of power…
Why the Mahé Symposium Matters Now In April 2026 I had the privilege of following the outcomes of the Annual High-Level Stakeholders Symposium held in Mahé, Seychelles. The gathering brought together Member State officials, Non-State Actors, development partners and regional…
A relação entre a sociedade civil moçambicana e a Assembleia da República e deveras, complexa e apresenmta uma serie de ambiguidades porem com intervalos as vezes de abertura quando existem questoes de interesse e quando ha uma pressao com justificativa…
A Assembleia Nacional de Angola tem registado, nos últimos meses, desenvolvimentos relevantes na sua actividade parlamentar, num período marcado pela renovação da liderança institucional, pela apreciação de importantes iniciativas legislativas e pelo exercício das competências constitucionalmente atribuídas ao Parlamento. Nova…
