Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro on the campaign trail in Rio.
FEF-EPA/Marcelo Sayao
Jair Bolsonaro has very rightwing views likely to put a final nail in the coffin off Brazil’s Africa moment spearheaded by former president Lula da Silva.
Awkward: Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.
EPA/Christophe Petit Tesson
After the 1994 genocide, Rwanda pivoted towards the Anglophone world. But not entirely.
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.
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.
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.
Split ballot?
EPA/Aaron Ufumeli
As Emmerson Mnangagwa blames Grace Mugabe for a failed bombing at a rally, his rivals try to find a way to close the gap.
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been in charge for nearly 40 years. His people want change.
REUTERS/LINTAO ZHANG
Some human rights activists worry that Cameroon could be the site of Africa’s next civil war.
From God’s mouth to a ballot box near you.
EPA/Aaron Ufumeli
Many African elections are less than ideal. But is the rest of the world really that much better?
Tunisians take to the streets to rail against austerity.
EPA/Mohamed Messara
Populism gets a bad rap for fuelling the rise of authoritarianism. But it can also be a shot in the arm for liberal democracy.
The funeral of Renamo leader, Afonso Dhlakama.
EPA-EFE/Ricardo Franco
The death of Mozambican opposition leader Alfonso Dhlakama could affect the progress made to end hostilities in the country.
Coming into view.
EPA/Aaron Ufumeli
Zimbabwe has high hopes for a post-Mugabe era, but it has some serious growing pains to deal with first.
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.
Nhlanhla Nene and Pravin Gordhan were both fired by former South African President Jacob Zuma.
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The way South Africa’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa has constituted his cabinet reflects the distribution of power within the governing ANC.
What now? Julius Malema (R) and Mmusi Maimane confer in parliament.
EPA/Rodger Bosch
Zuma’s almost daily scandals and missteps provided his opponents with perfect electoral fodder. A competent president is the last thing they need.
Morgan Tsvangirai was a thorn in the side of Robert Mugabe’s government.
Reuters/Peter Andrews
Morgan Tsvangirai’s unique power was that he made Zimbabweans excited about the idea of change.
EPA/Kim Ludbrook
The writing has been on the wall for Jacob Zuma for years. That it took so long to get rid of him speaks volumes about the ANC.
Emmerson Mnangagwa visits Jacob Zuma.
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Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa need to sharpen their thinking and get to work.
George Weah has his work cut out for him in Liberia.
Reuters/Luc Gnago
He’s used to ruling on the soccer field, but how will George Weah tackle the job of Liberian president?
Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president of South Africa and new president of the governing ANC, faces a dilemma in rooting out corruption.
Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
After doing nothing for a long time to bring the Gupta family to book in South Africa, the country’s prosecuting authority has finally started to act.