Elections in Africa Not Off to Good Start

FILE - Comoros' President Azali Assoumani attends a news conference during the G20 Investment Summit - German Business and the CwA Countries on the sidelines of a Compact with Africa in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 20, 2023. An opposition supporter reacts in front of a burning barricade during demonstrations called by the opposition parties in Dakar on Feb. 4, 2024. FILE - Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame casts his vote in Kigali, on Aug. 4, 2017. Rwanda will hold presidential and parliamentary polls on July 15 next year, the election commission said on Dec. 12, 2023.

The democratic process in sub-Saharan Africa is not off to a good start in what is supposed to be a busy election year.