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Africa This Week – March 25, 2019

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

Africa This Week – February 18, 2019

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

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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

Africa This Week – February 4, 2019

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

Africa This Week – January 13, 2019

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

Africa This Week – January 7, 2019

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

Africa This Week – December 24, 2018

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