Comparing elections in Sierra Leone and Ghana – by Jonathan Bhalla
Multi-party elections were a prominent feature of Africa’s political landscape in 2012, with twenty-three countries conducting polls – whether presidential, legislative or municipal. News coverage in...
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Whose Nigeria is it? By Paul Adams
ARI’s Paul Adams spent the week before the Nigerian presidential election in Lagos. Nigeria is working, proclaim the incumbent’s campaign posters. But for whom? You don’t expect courtesy in the...
View ArticleNigeria: What Sort Of Change? by Father Anselm Adodo
Father Anselm Adodo, from the Benedictine monastery at Ewu, Edo State, reflects on conversations and observations during his stint as an official election monitor. Anselm will be speaking in London on...
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Free and Fair? A wry look at the UK election, for our readers in Africa
African elections are closely followed by outsiders, including ARI through its interactive online election resource. Criticism of rigged polls, ballot-stuffing, party militias and ethnic or religious...
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The State of Democracy in Africa Summary, Podcast, Video and Pictures
In the quarter century since the end of the Cold War and economic “liberalisation” imposed by the World Bank and IMF, Africa has experienced many different types of governance. As the number of African...
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Staging an election in Uganda: Kiggundu’s third act
Shortly before 4pm on Saturday 20 February, Dr Badru Kiggundu, chair of Uganda’s Electoral Commission (EC), announced the result of the country’s presidential election. It was the third such contest he...
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