Elections

Articles to read ahead of a crucial vote.

Apathetic voters are planning to boycott this weekend’s election—and may inadvertently boost the country’s most fervent separatists.

Setting the bar too low for African democracies, as the international community did in Madagascar, encourages electoral manipulation and bad governance.

The issue of restructuring the country’s delicate federal system has long been off limits. Both candidates have now put it front and center, ensuring that reforms are on the way.

The Congress Party’s newest campaigner may not actually contest elections, but she will likely narrow a funding gap in a country where winning votes costs serious money.

In his first hundred days on the job, Adel Abdul Mahdi has hit entrenched political roadblocks to choosing cabinet ministers and changing a system of political patronage.

Nayib Bukele won in a landslide. Now, he needs new policies to reduce violence in his country.

Twenty years after its return to democratic rule, Nigeria is on the verge of re-electing a dictator.

The State Department endorsed Felix Tshisekedi’s unlikely presidency, taking some U.S. officials by surprise.

The continuing crackdown on a corruption investigatory body could allow impunity to flourish ahead of this year’s elections.

Despite the recognition by a wave of countries of the opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president, Maduro’s patronage of the military insulates him from the need to negotiate.

Ivory Coast is often held up as a post-conflict success. That could all fall apart.

A stubborn prime minister and an intransigent opposition leader have brought British politics to a standstill. Parliament is poised to seize control of the Brexit process, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a referendum rerun.

South Africa and Angola have influence. They must use it to ensure that the Congolese government respects the will of voters.

The ruling party is making a mockery of the electoral process, pandering to Islamic extremists, and turning the country into an authoritarian state

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The country will vote for a new government, and then brace for a violent aftermath.

State elections gave new hope to a moribund party.

The defense secretary also condemned Putin’s violation of the nuclear treaty, seizure of Ukrainian naval vessels.

Many voters still back populist Mahinda Rajapaksa despite his attempt to seize power.