By Nicolas Beau | MondAfrique: The specter of an unprecedented political crisis looms over Senegal with President Macky Sall’s decision to suspend the presidential election scheduled February 25. The latter’s desire to impose his protege Amadou Ba at all costs as his successor and the instrumentalization of justice to neutralize the main opponents have plunged […]
The African island nation of Comoros was the first to organize an election as we entered 2024. As expected, the election was rigged, with the incumbent President Azali Assoumani declared the winner, triggering riots. As of January 18, Comoros witnessed a second day of turmoil resulting in one fatality and at least six injuries. Opposition […]
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get close to the election Election day: May 2024 20 January 2024 – In South Africa, the ruling African National Congress (ANC), which has been in power since the end of apartheid in 1994, is in big trouble, with a strong likelihood that it will lose […]
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: October 2024 20 January 2024 – Botswana’s election template follows that of neighbor Namibia. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has a stronghold on political in the country, having ruled unchallenged since the first elections in 1965. Yet elections […]
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: November 2024 20 January 2024 – In Namibia, although the elections are generally considered free and fair, they tend to follow the Mozambican template. President Hage Geingob can no longer stand for re-election, but his protege, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, […]
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: 9 October 2024 In Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi, who has been in power since 2015, can no longer stand for re-election in the general elections scheduled for 9 October. However, regardless of who his picks to run for […]
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: May 2024 Jan 20, 2024: In Madagascar, where the last Presidential election was an electoral farce, the legislative elections scheduled for the first quarter of 2024 followed boycotted and contested presidential elections in November 2023, when the outgoing […]
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: November 2024 20 January 2024: In Mauritius, parliamentary elections that are seemingly free but generally stained with money and corruption, which will decide the new prime minister on November 30, 2024. The country’s political system is dominated by […]
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: December 2024 There have never been elections in South Sudan since the country was founded in 2011. Initially scheduled for 2015, they were postponed to 2024 by power. No date has yet been set and yet another postponement […]
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: Mid-July 2024 In Rwanda, President Paul Kagame is guaranteed to be re-elected on 15 July 2024. Opposition is systematically prevented from presenting candidates. Only minor parties may in practice submit candidacies in good shape, which essentially have no […]
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Legislative elections day expected: March 2024 Togo has a perceived and fragile democracy: President Faure Gnassingbé has been quietly re-elected since 2005 without much fanfare or drama, like his father before him. The parliamentary elections scheduled for March 2024 come after […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: November 2024 – Return to Africa election center The unrecognized state of Somaliland, on the Horn of Africa, will hold presidential elections in November 2024. The previous election, in 2017, had been the first in the country […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: December 2024 – Return to Africa election center 20 January 2024: In Ghana, the 7 September 2024 presidential election will be as free as it will be contested: with three major candidates competing and a president, Nana […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: December 2024 – Return to Africa election center 19 January 2024 Update: In 2024, Algeria will conduct its second presidential election since the end in 2019 of the long reign of the ousted and late Abdelaziz Bouteflika […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: Not confirmed – Return to Africa election center 19 January 2024: In Guinea-Bissau, the presidential elections, with no date so far, appear extremely uncertain: the current President, Umaro Sissico, illegally dissolved the parliament in early December and […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: 24 February 2024 5 February 2024: Senegal President Suspends Presidential Election, Pushes Country into Chaos 19 January 2024: Long considered a unique model of democracy, Senegal’s political system is facing unprecedented challenges. The recent announcement of the […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: October 2024 20 January 2024: In Chad, nothing is likely to change. President Mahamat Déby, who inherited the presidential seat from his father, who died brutally in 2021 during a gun fight, will certain succeed to himself […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: Unknown / Unlikely to happen 1/19/2024 – MondAfrique: In Burkina Faso, a scenario similar to that of Mali seems to be emerging: the end-of-transition period with elections scheduled for July 2024, have been postponed indefinitely, with the […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election period: Unknown / Not likely to happen 19 January 2024 Update: In Mali, the end of the transitional regime and the transfer of power to civilians, originally scheduled for 4 February 2024, have now been postponed indefinitely in […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election period: June/July 2024 19 January 2024 Update: In Mauritania, the 24 June 2024 presidential elections is likely to proceed without challenge to the incumbent president, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani. El Ghazouani is benefiting from a record of […]
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election period: November 2024 19 January 2024 Update: In Tunisia, local and regional elections will precede the October presidential elections. Despite the massive economic and political difficulties that Tunisia is going through, Incumbent President Kaïs Saïed, is favored to […]
