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Africa: Elections, Coups and Crackdowns – Africa’s Mixed Democratic Record in 2025

Africa: Elections, Coups and Crackdowns – Africa’s Mixed Democratic Record in 2025

Across Africa, contested ballots, violent crackdowns, coups d’état and military transitions morphing into long-term rule combined to make 2025 a year in which, as one analyst tells RFI, “the law of the strongest has become commonplace”.

With no fewer than 10 presidential elections held across the African continent, the political stakes were high in 2025.

In several countries, elections reinforced entrenched leaderships rather than opening the door to political renewal.


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