Elections to Watch, Past and Present

Ghana, Gambia, and Gabon are all small African countries with names beginning with the letter G, which held presidential elections in 2016. But neither the electoral landscapes nor the electoral outcomes can fruitfully be analyzed without giving greater weight to the contrasts than to the similarities. The same applies to the even wider set of 14 African countries with presidential elections last year, or the 8 so far scheduled to hold elections in 2017. Read Full Story