Is Eastern Africa Abandoning Democracy?
Simon Whistler · April 7, 2026 · 20 min video · Africa
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What this episode covers
Across the region, incumbents are rewriting constitutions, jailing challengers, and staging elections that ratify power rather than contest it — with little pushback from abroad.
Chapters
- Is East Africa Abandoning Democracy?In the free preview
- Sham Elections and State ViolenceIn the free preview
- Institutional Decay and Kenya's HopeInsiders
From the transcript
Democracy is on the decline in East Africa. That was the assessment of Tigare
And Chaguta,
Amnesty International's regional director for Eastern Southern Africa, and a
This transcript was generated automatically and may contain errors.
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