When Power Turns Hostile: Political repression and the threat to development work in Africa

Chukwuemeka Eze and Rumbidzai M. Masango[ Chukwuemeka Eze is the Director for Democratic Futures in Africa, and Rumbidzai Masango, Africa Program Manager at Open Society Foundations]Across Africa, development work has always demanded patience, partnership, and deft political navigation. Today, in a growing number of countries, it demands something more perilous:courage under pressure. As civic space […]


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