Africa: Will Upcoming Elections Offer Genuine Choices?

Posted to the web 1 September 2008 Steven Gruzd Johannesburg Africa faces a spate of parliamentary and presidential polls before the end of the year. Angola, Rwanda and Swaziland will vote in September, Zambia and Côte d'Ivoire (if it happens) in November, and Ghana in December. But will any of them offer genuine choice or real change for citizens? Despite many excellent governance standards ratified by... [read full story]