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Democracy in Africa

7 Sep 2024
Algerians during a protest in Algiers in 2019 against extending then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's mandate

Why elections are a bitter pill for many Algerians to swallow

With the military wielding enormous influence over politics, many doubt elections will bring change.

7 Sep 2024
6 May 2019
Former Beninese president Thomas Yayi Boni (L) embraces Benin's newly elected President Patrice Talon following a reconciliation meeting hosted by the Ivory Coast at the presidential residence in Abidjan, on 18 April 2016.

How Benin's democratic crown has slipped

Barring the opposition from polls and shooting at protesters has "ruined" Benin's proud democratic image, analysts say.

6 May 2019
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