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 Elections In addition to the elections below, we’re watching: Chad legislative and local (president has said they they will happen in the first half of 2019, but they have already been delayed several times and could be… Read More
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
Upcoming ElectionsGuinea-Bissau Legislative – March 10, 2019The UN Security Council issued a statement expressing “deep concern” about continued delays of the legislative elections, which were supposed to take place on November 18 2018. “The members of the Security… Read More
Upcoming Elections Democratic Republic of the Congo General – December 30, 2018 Long-delayed elections to replace Joseph Kabila, who ruled the DRC for nearly two decades, have once again been postponed by a week to December 30 after… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, DRC, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Togo
Upcoming Elections in the NewsTogo Legislative – December 20, 2019The Togo opposition has returned to the streets to demand the delay of elections scheduled for this week, and in the wake of a December 16 referendum on term… Read More
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Africa This Week – January 28, 2019
Last Updated: February 6, 2019 by 21votes Leave a Comment
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 13, 2019
Last Updated: January 29, 2019 by 21votes Leave a Comment
Upcoming Elections In addition to the elections below, we’re watching: Chad legislative and local (president has said they they will happen in the first half of 2019, but they have already been delayed several times and could be… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Gabon, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
Africa This Week – January 7, 2019
Last Updated: January 29, 2019 by 21votes Leave a Comment
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
Africa This Week – December 31, 2018
Last Updated: January 7, 2019 by 21votes Leave a Comment
Upcoming ElectionsGuinea-Bissau Legislative – March 10, 2019The UN Security Council issued a statement expressing “deep concern” about continued delays of the legislative elections, which were supposed to take place on November 18 2018. “The members of the Security… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Comoros, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Sudan
Africa This Week – December 24, 2018
Last Updated: December 31, 2018 by 21votes Leave a Comment
Upcoming Elections Democratic Republic of the Congo General – December 30, 2018 Long-delayed elections to replace Joseph Kabila, who ruled the DRC for nearly two decades, have once again been postponed by a week to December 30 after… Read More
Category: This Week Tags: Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, DRC, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Togo
Africa This Week – December 17, 2018
Last Updated: December 24, 2018 by 21votes Leave a Comment
Upcoming Elections in the NewsTogo Legislative – December 20, 2019The Togo opposition has returned to the streets to demand the delay of elections scheduled for this week, and in the wake of a December 16 referendum on term… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, DRC, Ethiopia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Togo