Policies

Query African policy documents, laws, and country policy overviews as a dedicated policy domain.

Policies In Africa API

Africa API exposes policy documents and laws as a dedicated government-output domain.

Current source:

wikidata_policies

Use:

GET /v1/policies
GET /v1/policies/country/{country_code}
GET /v1/policies/{policy_wikidata_id}

What This Covers

The first policies slice is built around:

constitutions
laws and acts
regulations and decrees
national strategies and policy documents
country policy overviews
issuing-body metadata when available

This is intentionally separate from scalar indicator data and from election-event data.

Country Policy Overview Example

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/policies/country/ke?top_limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Example response shape:

{
  "data": {
    "country": {
      "code": "ke",
      "name": "Kenya",
      "region": "East Africa"
    },
    "latest_policy": {
      "wikidata_id": "Q456",
      "country_code": "ke",
      "country_name": "Kenya",
      "title": "Kenya Climate Change Act",
      "document_type": "law",
      "policy_status": "active",
      "published_at": "2016-05-27",
      "source": "wikidata_policies"
    },
    "active_policy_count": 14,
    "recent_policies": []
  }
}

Policy List Example

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/policies?country_code=ng&document_type=law&status=active&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Policy Detail Example

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/policies/Q456" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

How It Fits The Government Domain

Government covers leaders, terms, and cabinets
Elections covers election events and result rows
Policies covers legal and policy documents produced by the state
country profiles now embed the latest policy inside the compact government block

Government

Use government history for leaders, offices, and cabinet composition.

Elections

Use elections for event timelines and candidate-level results.

Countries

Country profiles now include a compact policy summary when available.