South Africa’s Upcoming Elections - Council on Foreign Relations

More on: Sub-Saharan Africa. Politics and Government. South Africa. Elections and Voting. Political Movements. Election day will be May 7, South Africa’s first after the death of Nelson Mandela. Read More

Covid-19 and Elections in sub-Saharan Africa: what risks for democracy and human rights? - International Federation for Human Rights

Diversity of contexts and risks for democratic elections . An overall analysis of the sub-Saharan African region, where elections are scheduled in several countries, shows different approaches in ... Read More

Musings on Elections in Africa on America's Election Day

Sub-Saharan Africa Almost all African states conduct elections—it is what "modern" states do. But generalization about Africa's billion-plus people and fifty-four legally defined states is risky. Read More

AI disinformation could threaten Africa's elections - MSN

The study acknowledged that beyond elections, AI disinformation has hardly been investigated in Africa. Variety of actors use AI disinformation to drive propaganda Allen and Nehring found that ... Read More

Why Congo Is Bracing for a Bitter, Chaotic Election: QuickTake

The Democratic Republic of Congo, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest country, has never witnessed a peaceful transfer of power. Joseph Kabila inherited the presidency of the resource-rich nation from ... Read More

Africa’s Largest Economy to Slow Rate Hikes Before Elections - Yahoo

(Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s central bank is poised to temper the pace of interest-rate increases after inflation unexpectedly slowed from a 17-year high in December, a sign that it may have peaked ... Read More

Africa's 2024 elections: Disputed results and graceful exits, historical shifts and new beginnings - IFEX

Eleven of the 17 countries scheduled to have elections in sub Saharan Africa managed to hold them – albeit conducted on a varied scale of the electoral integrity barometer. Elections in Burkina Faso, ... Read More

Nigeria’s Elections Will Test America’s New Africa Strategy

While Nigeria’s 2019 elections failed to meet domestic or international expectations, there is some reason to hope for significant improvements in 2023. The 2022 Electoral Act includes many ... Read More

A look at South Africa’s media landscape ahead of the upcoming elections - Global Voices

On May 29, South Africans will cast their votes to elect a new president. To grasp the current political terrain in South Africa, this article offers a curated selection of informative sources to keep ... Read More

Around twenty elections shaped Africa in 2024 · Global Voices

The first election in Francophone Africa took place on January 14, 2024, in the Comoros Islands, where voters elected a president for a single renewable five-year term. Two days after the election, on ... Read More

Year of elections has Africa poised for political shake-up in 2024 - RFI

A third of Africa will head to the polls in 2024, with at major issues on the line in at least 18 countries gearing up for an election year. These include coup-hit Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso ... Read More

AI disinformation could threaten Africa's elections

Variety of actors use AI disinformation to drive propaganda. Allen and Nehring found that Europe and Africa face similar challenges. "We could identify many culprits which use the same AI tools ... Read More