A protest against polling results in Harare, Zimbabwe.
EPA-EFE/Yeshiel Panchia
If the MDC-Alliance claims Zanu-PF and Zimbabwe’s electoral commission rigged the elections, the onus is on them to prove it.
Voting in the presidential run-off elections in Mali, recently.
EPA/Tanya Bindra
In Africa, biased media coverage is one of the reasons voters have little faith in credible elections.
MDC-Alliance supporters at a campaign rally addressed by the party leader Nelson Chamisa.
EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli
Zimbabweans face a complicated array of choices at the polls.
Supporters attend a Movement For Democratic Change-Alliance campaign rally in Harare.
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It’s the final lap before Zimbabwe’s first election since the fall of Robert Mugabe. The jury is out on who will win the presidency.
Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta at the recent AU Summit in Mauritania.
EPA-EFE/Ludovic Marin
Mali faces huge challenges. Through the upcoming presidential election, Malians will tell the next president what they will and won’t accept for their future.
Protesters from the MDC-Alliance march in Harare demanding electoral reforms.
EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli
Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections potentially marks the start of a new order in the country, where the stakes are extremely high.
Jean-Pierre Bemba wants to be president of the DRC.
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Jean-Pierre Bemba is a man with a past. Once accused of crimes against humanity, he is now making a play for the DRC’s presidency.
Supporters of the opposition MDC Alliance in Unity Square before marching to protest outside the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.
David Moore
A new survey suggests opposition Zimbabwean leader Nelson Chamisa is closing in on the ruling Zanu-PF’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Zanu-PF supporters at a peace rally in Harare.
EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli
The credibility of Zimbabwe’s elections will depend on issues like political violence and media freedom.
ANC members show their support for party leader and president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The problem with South Africa’s governing ANC, is that to many of its members, politics is not about public service but about resources.
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been in charge for nearly 40 years. His people want change.
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Some human rights activists worry that Cameroon could be the site of Africa’s next civil war.
Solly Msimanga, centre, the mayor of Tshwane, with Democratic Alliance national leader, Mmusi Maimane, right, celebrate winning the city in 2016.
EPA/Kim Ludbrook
South African parties are recognising that coalition politics is now part of the political landscape and is here to stay.
Workers affiliated to the The South African Federation of Trade Unions protest against the proposed minimum wage.
EPA/Nic Bothma
South Africa marks 24 years of freedom amid continuous contests over over governance, economic justice as well as reconciliation and inclusion.
Mmusi Maimane, leader of South Affrica’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, briefs the media after its conngress.
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The Democratic Alliance is potentially in a good position to challenge the ANC, which governs South Africa, for power.
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, left, and his successor Muhammadu Buhari.
EPA/Deji Yake
Claims about Cambridge Analytica’s role in elections in Nigeria and Kenya have been overstated.
Morgan Tsvangirai built the Movement for Democratic Change into a formidable party and credible contender for power at its height.
EPA/Aaron Ufumeli
Despite spirited efforts to douse the flames of infighting within the MDC-T, matters came to a head at a recent rally in Chitungwiza.
Cyril Ramaphosa (left) has succeed South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to lead the African National Congress.
EPA/Kim Ludbrook
President Jacob Zuma’s camp is pushing to have him replaced by an interim leader as an excuse to prolong his disastrous rule for their own benefit.
Somaliland’s ruling party candidate and newly elected president Musa Bihi Abdi.
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The self-declared territory of Somaliland has held peaceful elections since it broke away from Somalia in 1991. But last month’s polls triggered protests that should be cause for reflection.
Zimbabweans welcome Emmerson Mnangagwa back from his brief exile in South Africa.
EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli
Zimbabwe’s new leader needs to shake off his infamous reputation and the suspicion that he is merely another Mugabe in a younger frame.
Emmerson Mnangagwa, President-elect of Zimbabwe.
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After the fall of autocratic ruler Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe faces a difficult choice between the stability of a transnational government or a potentially divisive election contest.