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03/06/2024

As expected, South Africa's elections have been a rollercoaster. The ruling African National Congress has lost the majority for the first time in 30 years. ANC got 40.2%, down from 57.5% in 2019, Democratic Alliance (DA), got 21.6% while uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the new party supported by former president Jacob Zuma, got an impressive 14.7%. Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) got 9.5%. The road to forming a government will be even more interesting as ANC will be forced to work with one of the opposition parties, each of which has been a strong critic of Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership.

17/01/2024

held elections on Sunday in an election where the incumbent President Azali Assoumani is likely to win. In Africa’s first presidential election of the year, President Assoumani is running for a fourth term, enabled by a controversial 2018 referendum that has enabled him to sidestep presidential term limits. The opposition has claimed irregularities that include ballot stuffing.

In Africa’s first presidential election of the year on January 14, Comoros President Azali Assoumani is running for a fourth term.

01/12/2023

elections are set to be held from 10 to 12 December. ncumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is eligible for re-election since term limits were adjusted from 4 to 6 years by a constitutional amendment in 2019, and he technically will not have served as president for more than the maximum of 12 years at the time of the election. el-Sisi won the 2018 elections with over 97% of the vote is facing minimal contest after several opposition figures were stopped from participating mostly through arrests. el-Sisi will therefore be the winner.

07/11/2023

The Madagascar 2023 presidential election is on November 16 is a reminder that democracy is far more than just holding elections. There is a lot at stake for this crucial and rocky election that was recently postponed due to unrest. Madagascar, an island nation of 30 million citizens, is handicapped with a political system that has concentrated power in the executive branch, overriding the checks and balances that enable a government to be responsive to the priorities of its citizens.

The Madagascar 2023 presidential election is a reminder that democracy is far more than just holding elections. There is a lot at stake.

17/10/2023

Liberia election is most likely headed to a run-off. With provisional results from 92.8% of polling stations counted, Liberia's President George Weah has 43.65% while his rival Joseph Boakai has 43.70%, following the 10 October elections. A run-off will be held if neither candidate gets more than 50%.

11/09/2023

Liberians go to polls on 10the October 2023 to elect the President, House of Representatives and half the Senate. The president is elected to a six-year term in a two-round system. Here is a history of democracy in Liberia which was founded in 1847 by freed American slaves. Joseph Jenkins Roberts was elected in 1848 as the first president.
Liberia was a one-party state from 1878 to 1980, under the True Whig Party. Samuel Doe ended the one-party rule through a coup d'état in 1980 during the First Liberian civil war. Doe was overthrown and killed in 1990. The Second Liberian civil war started in 1999 and lasted to 2003.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president in 2005, becoming the 1st female head of state in Africa. Sirleaf was re-elected in 2011. The incumbent George Weah was elected president in 2018.

30/08/2023

The announcement of results came followed this morning by a coup d'état. The military has seized power denouncing lack of transparency in the elections, whose official results gave President Ali Bongo a win. The President remains in Gabon under surveillance while several institutions have been declared dissolved including the electoral commission and the supreme court. Internet has been restored and people have taken to the streets in celebration.

29/08/2023

The outcome of Saturday's general elections are still not yet out as President Ali Bongo, 64, seeks a third seven-year term in office. He faced a coalition of 18 candidates who picked Albert Ondo Ossa as a joint nominee. The government blocked internet access and declared a curfew amid allegations of fraud. France 24, RFI, and TV5 Monde were also blocked, accused of a lack of objectivity. Ondo Ossa has claimed victory and demanded to be declared the winner. The wait for official results continues.

07/08/2023

will hold presidential and legislative elections on August 23. ZANU-PF has held a stranglehold on the presidency since Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980. The Zimbabwean election represents a generational battle for the future of the country. An octogenarian, Mnangagwa represents the status quo of one-party rule, while 44-year-old Chamisa captures the democratic and reformist aspirations of millions of Zimbabwean youth. Roughly 62 percent of the Zimbabwean population is below 25 years of age.

ZANU-PF has held a stranglehold on the presidency since Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980.

25/07/2023

Zimbabwe goes to polls on 23 August to elect councillors, MPs and a president. If there is no outright winner in the presidential vote, a run-off will be held on 2 October. Of the 12 candidates, the front runners are two:
- Incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa (80), of Zanu-PF party.
- Nelson Chamisa (45), of the Citizen's Coalition for Change.
The economy remains the top issue in Zimbabwe where year-on-year inflation reached 176% in June.

27/06/2023

Provisional results released by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone show the incumbent Julius Maada Bio of SLPP leading with 1,067,666 votes while his closest rival Samura Kamara of APC is second with 793,751 votes. The results represent votes from 60 percent of total polling stations.

19/06/2023

June 24 Presidential Elections. The political history of has been complex and chaotic, with both successful and unsuccessful periods.

1808: The British Crown Colony of Sierra Leone is founded.
1961: Sierra Leone becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1964: Sir Milton Margai dies, and the SLPP is divided over his successor.
1967: The APC comes to power in a landslide election.
1991: Civil War begins.
2002: Civil War ends.
2007: Ernest Bai Koroma is elected president.
2012: Koroma is re-elected president.
2018: Julius Maada Bio is elected president.
2023: Presidential elections.