Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections look like their predecessors: stolen. But this one is a bit different. Opposition strategies and regional responses have changed too. What does this mean for the future?
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Nelson Chamisa defines himself as a social democrat who believes in providing substantial welfare to support healthcare and basic education.
Observers regularly face dangers owing to political instability, insecurity, violence and other crises in some countries.
Dissatisfied ANC voters were much more likely to switch their votes if they held positive views of an opposition party. However, the problem for the opposition is that few people held these views.
Whichever way the ongoing armed conflict ends, the loser will be Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi.
Electoral violence, low voter turnout, ethnic politics and voters’ suppression were notable features of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria.
Voters speak favourably about the potential of observation to improve overall electoral quality and transparency.
Logistical challenges facing the 2023 elections remain huge given the number of political parties, the security environment and the number of contestants at various levels.
Damage to the fragile Nigerian state is one possible fallout of mixing religion with politics.
The new coalition government must act quickly to address the kingdom’s massive socio-economic problems, and restore faith in democracy.
Unable to change the country’s vulnerability to shifts in the global and regional economy, the new prime minister Matekane has few economic levers to pull.
The new governing coalition enters office amid euphoria and excitement. There are great expectations it will end corruption and fix the ailing economy.
Despite their pretensions to support reforms, it is clear that successive governments are not interested in the reform.
Angola’s 2022 election is the first in which citizens born after the war are old enough to vote.
The presence of fringe presidential contenders is a marker of maturing democracies.
The country has had five governments in 10 years. Every time a government collapses, the reform programme follows suit.
The whole idea behind independent candidates is the hope that their inclusion might improve the accountability of parliamentarians to the voters. The bill doesn’t do that.
The MPLA is using all instruments at its disposal to hobble a new united opposition front ahead of the Angola election.
Most citizens feel that it is pointless to vote because it won’t change anything.
The biggest challenge is that the government does not have a monopoly over the legitimate use of force.
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in African History, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Leaders of Africa Institute and Research Affiliate with Davidson College, Davidson College
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Research Associate, Dept of Anthropology & Development Studies and Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, University of Johannesburg
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor, International Development Studies; Associate Dean, Menno Simons College, University of Winnipeg
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Head of Department, Public and Environmental Law Department, University of Limpopo
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Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), University of South Africa
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Director & SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria
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