"Elections on the continent must be fair, based on the democratic principles of universal suffrage and political equality following international, continental and regional norms and standards." AUC Commissioner for Political [...]
![3 elections to watch in 2019 – Part II](https://k86f0d.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/photo-1500589177368-c810ea3db799-330x200.jpg)
Afghanistan Afghanistan’s presidential elections were scheduled for April 2019, but they are now being postponed for at least a few months to address technical problems evident in recent parliamentary elections. There is [...]
![Elections to watch in 2019 – Part I](https://k86f0d.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/photo-1502772066658-3006ff41449b-330x200.jpg)
As the world’s innovations and communications channels keep on evolving and reshaping human existence and interactions, political participation and election integrity rise above the leading issues to monitor in 2019 [...]
![Five issues to watch in the European Parliamentary Elections](https://k86f0d.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Photo-by-Pixabay-330x200.jpg)
The EU elections of 2019 together with the finalization of Brexit are reasonably close. The amalgamation of the two events is set to interrupt the present-day patterns of policy-making in [...]
![Does disinformation hurt elections? 10 proposals from the UK](https://k86f0d.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/news-517380_1280-330x200.jpg)
Fake news can be detrimental to election processes in any democracy. Political leaders have even gone as far as considering digital misinformation a pandemic. The spread of false or manipulated [...]
![4 technology concerns in the road for the 2020 Elections](https://k86f0d.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/binary-797267_960_720-330x200.jpg)
Though the U.S. Presidential elections are just around the corner, there are cybersecurity and policymaking experts still pondering the 2016 results. Meanwhile, voters and elected officials are still adjusting to [...]
![Is Rwanda an atypical case for gender participation in Africa?](https://k86f0d.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Photo2-by-Rwanda-Parliament-2013-via-Flickr-330x200.jpg)
Rwanda held elections last month to choose legislators for the 80-seat Chamber of Deputies, 24 of which were reserved for women, two for youth candidates and one for people with [...]
![How much does an election cost?](https://k86f0d.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/figures-2473795_1280-330x200.jpg)
The cost of elections is a challenging number to study as it varies drastically depending on the political, socio-economic, legal or historic contex. Broadly speaking, costs can include a variety of [...]