• Dave Glovsky

Ousmane Sonko is 44 years old. He finished third in Senegal's March 2019 presidential election, energizing young voters.

• George Kibala Bauer

It's the first time an African president appears to have rigged an election, not in favor of his hand-picked successor, but in favor of an opposition politician.

• Kangsen Feka Wakai

The Biya regime's grip on power has been exposed more than ever before. It is revolting to watch.

• Shona Kambarami

For Zimbabweans, we're back where we started, then. Hope, no change. Still.

• Melusi Nkomo

While entertaining, the showy presidential campaign of Zimbabwe's opposition may not amount to much on July 30th.

• Samson Kaunga Ndanyi

When rain falls on a leopard, it does not wash off his spots. The same can’t be said of Kenya’s media and the opposition after Uhuru Kenyatta’s crackdown.

• Cláudio Silva

After an 11-year wait to vote in my own country, the whole thing took 3 minutes. One week later I'm still waiting to hear who won.

• Ignacio Villalón

The real danger of an Emmanuel Macron victory is that, simply by virtue of not being Marine Le Pen, his policies will be treated as reasonable.

• Sara Salem

The Netherlands needs a politics that is about race and class and gender and sexuality – not just about class in a reductionist sense.

• Jesse Weaver Shipley

Ghanaian political-economic actors are limited in their ability to change conditions because of massive debt and the influence of investors and loan-makers.

• Tone Sommerfelt

How the Jammeh regime reproduced power in Gambia for more than two decades.

• Jason K. Stearns

The Congo is a generous purveyor of African stereotypes, often making it difficult to see the politics through the thickets of hyperbole.

• Anakwa Dwamena
• Sean Henry Jacobs

We asked a group of experts--journalists, academics and an architect--a bunch of questions about the elections. First: Does it matter whoever Ghanaians elect as president?

• Florence Bernault

The longevity of the Gabonese political system also lies in the many channels of redistribution that connect politicians (known colloquially as “les Grands”) to ordinary citizens.

• Patrick Litanga

Until Joseph Kabila publicly recuses himself from running for a third term, many Congolese will be suspicious of any dialogue proposed by the government.

• Kamissa Camara

• Will Monteith

One effect of the deployment of tear gas and military equipment in Kampala is in the fear it invokes in the electorate, reminding them of the close relationship between the president, police and military.

• Camilla Houeland
• Sean Henry Jacobs

Why do so many African leaders overstay their welcome or break electoral rules? 

• Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire

Here's what to read and who to follow on social media if you want to make sense of Ugandan politics now.

• Paul Bjerk

After a tough election in Tanzania, won by the ruling party, a constitutional crisis looms in Zanzibar.