Contributor

Nic Cheeseman

Professor of democracy and international development, University of Birmingham

Nic Cheeseman is a professor of democracy and international development at the University of Birmingham and the author of "Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures and the Struggle for Political Reform." He also runs the popular www.democracyinafrica.org.

Submit a tip

Do you have info to share with HuffPost reporters? Heres how.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy."},"cetDataVars":{"unit_name":"main","unit_type":"feed","subunit_name":"subscribe_follow","subunit_type":"component","position_in_subunit":0}}">