Tag: Elections

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Nigeria, Libya, DRC…Top elections to watch in Africa in 2023

Africa is a big continent with 54 countries. Thus it should come as no surprise that there are many elections to watch in 2023 with many elections expected to be very competitive…

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Kenya, Libya, Angola: Top Election in Africa To Watch Out For In 2022

Elections across Africa in 2021 began with a bang and ended with surprises: from military coups, to complaints of rigging, to stable leaders. What will 2022 bring?

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Ethiopia delays elections: Is COVID a valid excuse?

American President Donald Trump explicitly floated the idea of delaying November’s presidential election by way of a tweet on 30 of July…

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Ukraine and Belarus: Familial Histories But Different Personalities (or Market Participants)

We all know two siblings that are very different. As the saying goes, siblings share genes but rarely personalities. A similar view on Belarus and Ukraine can rightfully be applied. Although not exactly siblings, the two countries share a familial history…

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Top African elections to watch and predictions for 2020

It is hard to imagine a quiet year for African election monitors, with Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire and Sudan offering soap operas, full of post-civil war storylines, unknown successors and internal regional conflict…

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Top Elections To Watch In Africa And Predictions For 2019

A handful of high profile African elections are set to take place over the next year, with Nigeria and South Africa included in that list, so we took a closer look and made a few predictions for 2019…

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