Benin has a new president: Patrice Talon, an ironic outsider politician Claire Adida and Chabi Bouko - April 13, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38970" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Benin's newly elected President Patrice Talon
Here’s why Benin’s election was a step forward for African democratic consolidation. And why it wasn’t. Tyson Roberts - March 22, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37700" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A picture taken in Cotonou shows
Is Africa paving a road out of poverty? Robert Mattes, E. Gyimah-Boadi, and Boniface Dulani - February 7, 2016 [caption id="attachment_35422" align="aligncenter" width="640"] A highway in Madagascar (Rod Waddington)[/caption]
Five challenges facing Burkina Faso’s new president (and 3 reasons for optimism) Arsène Bado - January 22, 2016 [caption id="attachment_34418" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian
The most interesting thing about Côte d’Ivoire’s election was that it wasn’t interesting Tyson Roberts - November 26, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32664" align="aligncenter" width="908"] People line up outside a polling station
Can you defeat a ruler whose family has been in power for nearly 50 years? Some lessons for Togo’s opposition Ekoutiamé Ahlin and Alexander Noyes - July 23, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27738" align="aligncenter" width="671"] A man holds a campaign poster
Can you defeat a ruler whose family has been in power for nearly 50 years? Some lessons for Togo's opposition - July 23, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27738" align="aligncenter" width="671"] A man holds a campaign poster
Executive election rules in dictatorships matter. Here’s why. Tyson Roberts - May 12, 2015 [caption id="attachment_24680" align="aligncenter" width="640"] President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon
Most Togolese support term limits. But they just re-elected their president for a third term. Tyson Roberts, Ekoutiamé Ahlin, and Kim Yi Dionne - May 4, 2015 Continuing our series of Election Reports, the following is a
The surprising benefits of autocratic elections Michael Miller - April 2, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23292" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] A campaign poster of incumbent presidential