Klobucista, Claire. “Africa's 'Leaders for Life'.” Council on Foreign Relations. Foreign Affairs, Council on Foreign Relations, June 30, 2021. ttps://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/africas-leaders-life.

This article provides an overview of African presidents' mandates that have been stopped (at times) from pro-democracy. The author argues that authoritarian power is trending in Africa at an accelerating rate. The text informs that since the 1960s, dozens of heads of state across sub-Saharan Africa have held office for more than thirty years.