February 17, 2025 A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. The Port of Lomé, Togo. Photo credit: Wikimedia/houaito affo daniel (CC BY-SA 4.0) Upcoming… Read More
October 14, 2024 A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. A dhow – a type of traditional trading vessel – off the coast of… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Ghana, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan
January 29, 2024 A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. Voters in line during Senegal’s 2019 elections. Photo credit: Wikimedia/VOA Seydina Aba Gueye (public… Read More
January 15, 2024 A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. Moroni, capital of Comoros. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Woodlouse – Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Upcoming Africa… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan
Upcoming ElectionsSouth Africa General – May 8, 2019John Campbell at the Council on Foreign Relations: “South Africa’s national elections will take place on May 8. Looking toward that event, the African national Congress (ANC) and its leader, state president Cyril… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa
Upcoming ElectionsNigeria General – February 23, 2019 (postponed from February 16)Hours before polls were set to open, Nigeria’s election commission announced that the elections would be delayed a week, to February 23, due to unspecified “challenges.” BBC: “Nigeria… Read More
Upcoming ElectionsNigeria General – February 16, 2019Bloomberg: Nigeria’s Brutal Choice: Former Dictator or Alleged Kleptocrat Caleb Okereke profiles long-shot presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore in African Arguments: “Sowore, backed by the African Action Congress (AAC) party, is determined to… Read More
Upcoming ElectionsNigeria General – February 16, 2019BBC reports: “Nigeria’s vice-president has said he is “safe and sound” after surviving a helicopter crash as he was on his way to an election campaign rally.” Presidential candidate Oby (Obiageli) Ezekwesili… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda
On deck: Nigeria general (February 16); Senegal presidential (February 24); Madagascar parliamentary (March); Nigeria Rivers state gubernatorial and state legislature (March 2); Guinea legislative (overdue – mandates of current legislators expired January 13 – date not set for… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Upcoming ElectionsNigeria General – February 16, 2019Nigerians go to the polls next month. John Campbell at the Council on Foreign Relations notes: “This political model based on an elite dominated, patrimonial society is challenged each electoral cycle by… Read More
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Africa This Week: February 17, 2025
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February 17, 2025 A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. The Port of Lomé, Togo. Photo credit: Wikimedia/houaito affo daniel (CC BY-SA 4.0) Upcoming… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: African Union, Cameroon, Comoros, Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Tanzania, Togo
Africa This Week: October 14, 2024
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October 14, 2024 A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. A dhow – a type of traditional trading vessel – off the coast of… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Ghana, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan
Africa This Week: January 29, 2024
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January 29, 2024 A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. Voters in line during Senegal’s 2019 elections. Photo credit: Wikimedia/VOA Seydina Aba Gueye (public… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania
Africa This Week: January 15, 2024
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January 15, 2024 A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. Moroni, capital of Comoros. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Woodlouse – Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Upcoming Africa… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan
Africa This Week – March 25, 2019
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Upcoming ElectionsSouth Africa General – May 8, 2019John Campbell at the Council on Foreign Relations: “South Africa’s national elections will take place on May 8. Looking toward that event, the African national Congress (ANC) and its leader, state president Cyril… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa
Africa This Week – February 18, 2019
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Upcoming ElectionsNigeria General – February 23, 2019 (postponed from February 16)Hours before polls were set to open, Nigeria’s election commission announced that the elections would be delayed a week, to February 23, due to unspecified “challenges.” BBC: “Nigeria… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal
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Upcoming ElectionsNigeria General – February 16, 2019Bloomberg: Nigeria’s Brutal Choice: Former Dictator or Alleged Kleptocrat Caleb Okereke profiles long-shot presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore in African Arguments: “Sowore, backed by the African Action Congress (AAC) party, is determined to… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan
Africa This Week – February 4, 2019
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Upcoming ElectionsNigeria General – February 16, 2019BBC reports: “Nigeria’s vice-president has said he is “safe and sound” after surviving a helicopter crash as he was on his way to an election campaign rally.” Presidential candidate Oby (Obiageli) Ezekwesili… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda
Africa This Week – January 28, 2019
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On deck: Nigeria general (February 16); Senegal presidential (February 24); Madagascar parliamentary (March); Nigeria Rivers state gubernatorial and state legislature (March 2); Guinea legislative (overdue – mandates of current legislators expired January 13 – date not set for… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Africa This Week – January 7, 2019
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Upcoming ElectionsNigeria General – February 16, 2019Nigerians go to the polls next month. John Campbell at the Council on Foreign Relations notes: “This political model based on an elite dominated, patrimonial society is challenged each electoral cycle by… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Burundi, Chad, Comoros, DRC, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo