Kenyans go to the polls on August 8, 2017. President Uhuru Kenyatta of the ruling Jubilee Party is up against…
Special Issue: Kenya’s 2017 Presidential Elections
Elections
Consolidating Democracy in Ghana: An Overview
A few days after the December 2016 elections in Ghana, a cartoon appeared in Uganda’s Sunday Monitor depicting a civics…
Ghana: Another Peaceful Alternation of Power
On December 7 2016, Ghana held its seventh national elections since the beginning of the Fourth Republic. [1] In the…
Assessing the Performance of the First Female Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission
Ghana’s recent presidential and parliamentary elections were presided over by the country’s first female chair of the Electoral Commission (EC).…
‘My Wife, My Sister, My Mother’ : Electing More Women to Parliament in Ghana [1]
In Ghana’s 2016 election six more women were elected to parliament than were elected in 2012; this brought the number…
Ghana’s Media Comes of Age in Elections Coverage
Media coverage of elections have come a long way since the transition elections of 1992. However, despite improvements, challenges still persist.…
The Path to the Ivoirian Presidential Elections: Past Strife and Current Challenges
"The next few weeks will see heightened political tensions in Côte d’Ivoire, and key actors, particularly the Economic Community of…
Mediating Electoral Violence in a Polarized Society: The Case of Zimbabwe
"Although the media...are expected to observe, investigate, and subsequently report news as objectively as possible, these institutions are powerful political…
Peace at Stake in Burundi: Could the Crisis Escalate, and Is There a Way Out?
"The commitment of a section of the opposition to unseating Nkurunziza’s regime, coupled with divisions within the military and the…
Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections
Coordinated with the help of Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, this special section highlights the most significant issue(s) in Nigeria’s 2015 general…