Hilary Matfess

Hilary Matfess is an assistant professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

Articles by Hilary Matfess

A Cameroonian policeman and a gendarme aim their weapons while securing the perimeter of a polling station in southwestern Cameroon on Oct 7, 2018.

Rule-of-Law Promotion Should Amount to More Than a Rounding Error

Argument

September 24, 2024, 6:00 AM

People in Hawassa, Ethiopia, celebrate the results of a referendum

Sidama Statehood Vote Throws a Wrench in Abiy Ahmed’s Plans for Ethiopia

Argument

December 6, 2019, 11:22 AM

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa pose for a photo with other African leaders on the sidelines of a African Union summit in Addis Ababa on Nov. 17, 2018.

Why Ethiopia Sailed While Zimbabwe Sank

Argument

Hilary Matfess, Alexander Noyes

September 6, 2019, 4:31 PM

Members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo stand guard after an alleged attack by the Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Beni on Nov. 11, 2018.

In Africa, All Jihad Is Local

Argument

May 16, 2019, 2:55 PM

A man closes a voting station in Kinshasa ahead of counting the ballots after presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Dec. 30, 2018.

No Democracy Is an Island

Argument

Jeffrey Smith, Hilary Matfess

May 8, 2019, 2:38 PM

Musician turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi (C) is joined by other activists on July 11, 2018 in Kampala, Uganda during a protest against a controversial tax on the use of social media.

Africa’s Attack on Internet Freedom

Argument

Hilary Matfess, Jeffrey Smith

July 13, 2018, 7:46 AM

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‘It Is Survival of the Fittest Here’

Dispatch

April 3, 2015, 11:07 AM

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