January 27, 2009
The Obama administration faces an immense task in rebuilding the United States’ brand in the Middle East/North Africa, where the regional median approval of U.S. leadership is 15%. Gallup Polls suggest Obama’s plan to expedite withdrawal from ...
January 19, 2009
With the Obama administration saying it will take “a ‘bottom-up’ approach to ensuring that America remains a positive force in the world,” Gallup Polls conducted across sub-Saharan Africa suggest that foreign aid directed at infrastructure ...
December 19, 2008
Most Sierra Leoneans and Liberians say it is a good thing former Liberian President Charles Taylor is currently on trial for war crimes and most in both countries want to see him convicted. But, while Sierra Leoneans almost universally support ...
December 10, 2008
Although the post-election violence that overwhelmed Kenya earlier this year appeared in many ways to be an ethnic conflict, Gallup Poll findings reveal that 85% of Kenyans define themselves in terms of national identity and not ethnicity.
December 4, 2008
Ghanaians, nearly half of whom (48%) in April said they had already given quite a lot of thought to this weekend’s presidential election, clearly want their new government to prioritize economic issues, namely poverty, new jobs, and ...
November 10, 2008
Gallup Polls of Kenya conducted in three consecutive years reveal that Kenyans’ evaluations of their personal well-being in 2008 are worse than they were in 2007, but the same as in 2006.
October 30, 2008
A Gallup Poll conducted six months after last year’s election turmoil in Kenya reveals that, except for Kikuyu respondents, most Kenyans across the other top four ethnic groups believe the presidential election was dishonest.
October 21, 2008
When Gallup asked Africans across 22 countries who they would personally rather see as the next president of the United States, a median of 56% favored Barack Obama, while just 9% chose John McCain.
October 6, 2008
South Africa’s president resigned recently after allegations that he had interfered in his political rival’s corruption and fraud case. Gallup Poll findings, which predate these events, show that a substantial majority (80%) of South Africans ...
September 25, 2008
While the economy, political freedom, security, and media are the hot buttons highlighted in Zimbabwe’s historic power-sharing agreement, Gallup Poll findings underscore the tough road ahead for the future government in dealing with these ...
