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
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December 5, 2020: Kuwait Kuwait Parliamentary Elections Kuwait held parliamentary elections on December 5. Turnout was high. More than half of the incumbents lost their seats, but that is a common occurrence in Kuwaiti elections. Moreover, analysts say… Read More
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December 7, 2020 Your weekly roundup of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. For a full electoral calendar and interactive map, click here. Central Accra, Ghana. Photo credit:… Read More
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Ghana Presidential and Parliamentary Elections: December 7, 2020
Last Updated: December 10, 2020 by 21votes Leave a Comment
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
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Africa This Week: January 15, 2024
Last Updated: February 3, 2024 by 21votes Leave a Comment
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 6, 2023
Last Updated: March 15, 2023 by 21votes Leave a Comment
March 6, 2023 A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. The National Mosque in Abuja, Nigeria. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Mark Fischer (CC BY-SA 2.0) Upcoming… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania
Africa This Week: March 8, 2021
Last Updated: March 16, 2021 by 21votes Leave a Comment
March 8, 2021 Your weekly roundup of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. For a full electoral calendar and interactive map, click here. Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo,… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Somalia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
December 2020 Election Outlook
Last Updated: February 23, 2021 by 21votes Leave a Comment
December 5, 2020: Kuwait Kuwait Parliamentary Elections Kuwait held parliamentary elections on December 5. Turnout was high. More than half of the incumbents lost their seats, but that is a common occurrence in Kuwaiti elections. Moreover, analysts say… Read More
Category: Monthly Calendar Tags: Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Indonesia, Kuwait, Liberia, Niger, Romania, Somalia, Thailand, Venezuela
Africa This Week: December 7, 2020
Last Updated: February 17, 2021 by 21votes Leave a Comment
December 7, 2020 Your weekly roundup of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. For a full electoral calendar and interactive map, click here. Central Accra, Ghana. Photo credit:… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda
Africa This Week: November 30, 2020
Last Updated: December 9, 2020 by 21votes Leave a Comment
November 30, 2020 Your weekly roundup of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. For a full electoral calendar and interactive map, click here. The clay pan at Sossusvlei, one… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda
Africa This Week: November 23, 2020
Last Updated: December 2, 2020 by 21votes Leave a Comment
November 23, 2020 Your weekly roundup of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. For a full electoral calendar and interactive map, click here. Downtown Windhoek, the capital of… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Namibia, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda
Africa This Week: November 16, 2020
Last Updated: November 25, 2020 by 21votes Leave a Comment
November 16, 2020 Your weekly roundup of news and analysis of elections in Africa, usually posted on Mondays and occasionally updated throughout the week. For a full electoral calendar and interactive map, click here. A scene at a… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia
Africa This Week – October 21, 2019
Last Updated: November 13, 2019 by 21votes Leave a Comment
Category: This Week Tags: Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda