African countries are adopting two houses of parliament to boost democracy. But that’s not always what happens
Credit: CC0 Public Domain At independence, most African states had two legislative chambers—a lower and upper chamber—in their parliament. African leaders saw that as a colonial legacy and as inefficient, so most states removed the upper chambers. Before 1990, only two states kept these bicameral parliaments: Liberia and Nigeria. Since then, however, 40% of the
Larisa Grisby
September 13, 2024