Africa Democracy

Is Africa Losing its Taste for Democracy?

John McCauley | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCauley

The recent failed election in Cote d'Ivoire, which has generated competing claims to the presidency and a high risk of return to widespread violence, is the latest in a series of electoral setbacks in sub-Saharan Africa.

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The Democracy Before Democracy in Africa

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

As Ghana was the original model of the one-man, one-party state in Africa, Ghana today could be the model of constitutional multiparty democracy in Africa.

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Despite Obama in Ghana, a Bad Month for African Democracy

Todd Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Todd Moss

In Mauritania the vote was so obviously suspicious that the electoral chief resigned and the opposition rejected the results.

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Lansana Conte: Political Turmoil After Death Of Guinea's Leader (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scroll down for video, photographs, country profile Update: 12/24 3 pm: The leader of the military group that claims to have staged a coup in Guine...

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