August 26, 2024

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

A train in South Sudan. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Bertramz (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Upcoming Africa Elections

Tanzania Local Elections: November 27, 2024

Nicodemus Minde, Daily Maverick (August 23, 2024): Why is President Samia struggling to sustain reforms in Tanzania?

Ghana Presidential and Legislative Elections: December 7, 2024

Bloomberg (August 25, 2024): Ghana’s Main Opposition Earmarks $10 Billion Plan to Lift Economy

Justice Baidoo, France24 (August 21, 2024): Ghana’s New Patriotic Party unveils elections promises

South Sudan General Elections: December 22, 2024 (delays possible)

Abigail Kabandula, The Conversation (August 23, 2024): South Sudan’s long-delayed election will be a landmark moment − but economic decline and political strife put vote at risk

Voice of America (August 19, 2024): South Sudan May Finally Hold Elections

Chad Legislative and Local Elections: December 29, 2024

Africanews (August 22, 2024): Chad schedules legislative, provincial, and municipal elections for December 29

Cameroon General Elections: Due in 2025

John Ogunsemore, The Sun (August 25, 2024): Cameroon President Paul Biya, 91, seeks re-election in 2025

Moki Edwin Kindzeka, Voice of America (August 21, 2024): Cameroon opposition, civil society blame low voter registration on president Biya

Guinea Elections: Timetable unclear following 2021 coup

AFP (August 22, 2024): Guinea Opposition Calls For Anti-junta Protest On Coup Anniversary

Past Africa Elections

South Africa General Elections: May 29, 2024

Teresa Nogueira Pinto, GIS (August 23, 2024): The South African coalition government’s daunting agenda

Burundi Presidential and Legislative Elections: May 20, 2020 (next elections due in 2027)

AFP (August 21, 2024): Burundi seeing ‘wave of repression’ under President Ndayishimiye, Amnesty says

Regional Analysis

Serge Loungou, The Conversation (August 22, 2024): Africa’s ageing leaders: succession race in Cameroon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea could destabilise the region

Elections On Deck