Voting in Ghana’s 2016 elections. Photo credit: U.S. Embassy in Ghana (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 28.1 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Local Elections December 2023 (due) Presidential and Parliamentary Elections December… Read More
Voters in Chad’s 2016 election. Photo credit: VOA/Bagassi Koura (Public Domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 15.8 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS General Elections By December 2022 (tentative, post-coup) PAST ELECTIONS Presidential Election… Read More
The coastline near Praia, capital of Cabo Verde. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Cayambe (CC BY-SA 3.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Free Government Type Parliamentary Republic Population 583,000 UPCOMING ELECTIONS Local Elections October 2025 (due) Parliamentary Elections April 2026 (due)… Read More
Counting votes in Bujumbura during Burundi’s 2015 elections. Photo credit: VOA/Edward Rwema (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 11.8 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Legislative Elections May 2025 (due) Presidential Election May… Read More
Fishing in Cotonou, Benin’s largest city. Photo credit: Flickr/Mark Fischer (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://bit.ly/381jxqI KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free (down from Free in 2020) Government Type Presidential Republic Population 11.3 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Parliamentary Elections April 2024… Read More
Registering voters ahead of Angola’s 2008 elections. Photo credit: U.S. Department of State (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 32.5 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Presidential and Legislative Elections August 2022 (due)… Read More
Counting votes during Burkina Faso’s 2015 elections, in the presence of election observers and political party monitors. Photo credit: VOA/E. Iob (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 19.7 million UPCOMING… Read More
Elections in the Central African Republic are taking place in the context of a political and humanitarian crisis. Refugees shelter under tarps as they seek to rebuild their home in Bangui, the capital, in 2017. Photo credit: VOA/Z…. Read More
After a protest in Bolivia in October 2019. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Mandarina420 (CC BY-SA 4.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 11.3 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Regional and Municipal Elections March 7, 2021 General… Read More
Election volunteers in Kyrgyzstan. Photo credit: Flickr/U.S. Department of State (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free (declined from Partly Free in 2021) Government Type Parliamentary Republic (could revert to Presidential Republic following constitutional referendum) Population… Read More
Ghana Presidential and Parliamentary Elections: December 7, 2020
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Last Updated: December 10, 2020 by 21votes
Voting in Ghana’s 2016 elections. Photo credit: U.S. Embassy in Ghana (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 28.1 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Local Elections December 2023 (due) Presidential and Parliamentary Elections December… Read More
Chad Elections: By December 2022 (tentative, post-coup)
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Last Updated: January 16, 2022 by 21votes
Voters in Chad’s 2016 election. Photo credit: VOA/Bagassi Koura (Public Domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 15.8 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS General Elections By December 2022 (tentative, post-coup) PAST ELECTIONS Presidential Election… Read More
Cabo Verde Parliamentary Elections: April 18, 2021 and Presidential Election: October 17, 2021
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Last Updated: January 16, 2022 by 21votes
The coastline near Praia, capital of Cabo Verde. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Cayambe (CC BY-SA 3.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Free Government Type Parliamentary Republic Population 583,000 UPCOMING ELECTIONS Local Elections October 2025 (due) Parliamentary Elections April 2026 (due)… Read More
Burundi Legislative Elections: May 2025 (due) and Presidential Election: May 2027 (due)
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Last Updated: January 16, 2022 by 21votes
Counting votes in Bujumbura during Burundi’s 2015 elections. Photo credit: VOA/Edward Rwema (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 11.8 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Legislative Elections May 2025 (due) Presidential Election May… Read More
Benin Presidential Election: April 11, 2021
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Last Updated: January 15, 2022 by 21votes
Fishing in Cotonou, Benin’s largest city. Photo credit: Flickr/Mark Fischer (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://bit.ly/381jxqI KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free (down from Free in 2020) Government Type Presidential Republic Population 11.3 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Parliamentary Elections April 2024… Read More
Angola Presidential and Legislative Elections: August 2022
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Last Updated: January 15, 2022 by 21votes
Registering voters ahead of Angola’s 2008 elections. Photo credit: U.S. Department of State (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 32.5 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Presidential and Legislative Elections August 2022 (due)… Read More
Burkina Faso Local Elections: May 2021 (due – delays possible)
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Last Updated: January 15, 2022 by 21votes
Counting votes during Burkina Faso’s 2015 elections, in the presence of election observers and political party monitors. Photo credit: VOA/E. Iob (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 19.7 million UPCOMING… Read More
Central African Republic Local Elections: September 2022 (proposed – long overdue – additional delays possible)
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Last Updated: January 16, 2022 by 21votes
Elections in the Central African Republic are taking place in the context of a political and humanitarian crisis. Refugees shelter under tarps as they seek to rebuild their home in Bangui, the capital, in 2017. Photo credit: VOA/Z…. Read More
Bolivia Regional and Municipal Elections: March 7, 2021
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Last Updated: April 1, 2021 by 21votes
After a protest in Bolivia in October 2019. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Mandarina420 (CC BY-SA 4.0) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Partly Free Government Type Presidential Republic Population 11.3 million UPCOMING ELECTIONS Regional and Municipal Elections March 7, 2021 General… Read More
Kyrgyzstan Local Elections: April 11, 2021 and Parliamentary Elections Re-Run: By June 2021 (due)
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Last Updated: March 4, 2021 by 21votes
Election volunteers in Kyrgyzstan. Photo credit: Flickr/U.S. Department of State (public domain) KEY FACTS Freedom House Rating Not Free (declined from Partly Free in 2021) Government Type Parliamentary Republic (could revert to Presidential Republic following constitutional referendum) Population… Read More