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  • ElectionsTop storyZimbabwe

    A Shameful Shambles: An account of Zimbabwe’s elections of August 2023

    By Stephen Chan
    September 13, 2023
    An election observer who has witnessed every Zimbabwean election since independence in 1980, narrates his experience of the 2023 elections. I have been present ...
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  • All the elections and votes in Africa in 2023
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    Africa Elections 2023: All the upcoming votes

    By James Wan
    August 1, 2023
    A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2023.  Last updated: 15 August 2023 How to use ...
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  • ElectionsMozambiquePoliticsTop story

    Frelimo turns to dirty tricks for the 2023 local elections

    By Alexandre Nhampossa
    June 27, 2023
    Haunted by corruption, accused of running down the economy, Frelimo will nevertheless sweep the October elections – whether voters like it or not.  Voter ...
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  • The National Elections Commission, Monrovia, Liberia.
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    Is Liberia heading towards an electoral crisis?

    By Robtel Neajai Pailey and Oscar Bloh
    April 15, 2023
    A suspicious census, a cash-strapped electoral commission and voter eligibility based on phenotype signal a dubious October election.  Six months before high-stakes presidential and ...
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  • In the midst of the violence in northeastern Nigeria, INEC established 61 voting centres as a safer alternative for IDPs in camps in Zamfara to vote. Photo courtesy: Commonwealth Observer Group 2023.
    ElectionsNigeriaPoliticsTop story

    How Nigeria avoided organised violence during the 2023 elections

    By Imrana Buba
    April 6, 2023
    Super Camps and military vigilance in the North, and Peter Obi’s candidature in the southeast quelled much potential violence.   In the 2015 presidential elections, ...
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  • Former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, observing the Nigerian presidential elections. Photo courtesy: Commonwealth Observer Group
    ElectionsNigeriaPoliticsTop story

    Nigeria’s curious voter turnout problem

    By Adebayo Abdulrahman
    March 23, 2023
    Why do Nigerian voters disappear when new technology is introduced at the polling booth?  Four presidential candidates have now filed petitions at the presidential ...
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  • ElectionsNigeriaTop story

    Did Nigeria’s election tech fail or was it sabotaged?

    By Adebayo Abdulrahman
    March 2, 2023
    Young voters put their faith in digital technology. But at polling units nationwide, many were transported to an elections twilight zone.  Victor Madu, a ...
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  • Former Gombe State governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo. He made a solid effort to arrest spiralling gang violence in the state. (Photo courtesy: Seriake Dickson).
    CountryElectionsNigeria

    The Gangs of Gombe

    By Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim
    February 24, 2023
    Birthed by democracy, recruited by rival politicians, they have operated with impunity. This election season has been no different. On 12 December last year, ...
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