Tough challenges ahead of Africa’s 2024 elections

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Africa has a busy election calendar in 2024, with 19 countries slated for presidential or general elections. The elections are a gamut of competitive multiparty elections to perfunctory electoral exercises.

Two-thirds of these elections are packed into the last quarter of the year. A series of elections in southern Africa, where a single party has long dominated, may see their first transition of power while others may lose their legislative majorities.

This potentially reflects a healthy maturation of multi-partyism while incentivising innovation in these contexts.

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Tough challenges ahead of Africa’s 2024 elections

Africa has a busy election calendar in 2024, with 19 countries slated for presidential or general elections. The elections are a gamut of competitive multiparty elections to perfunctory electoral exercises.

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