Jeffrey Haynes

Oct 13, 2023 | democracyinafrica.org | Nic Cheeseman |Leon Poshai |Jeffrey Haynes |Graham Joseph

Zimbabwe concluded its 2023 elections with numerous challenges to their credibility, including the arrest of domestic election observers. The incumbent ZANU-PF emerged victorious but both European Union and Southern African Development Community (SADC) observers identified numerous problems and limitations. The opposition CCC has rejected the flawed election. It continued nonetheless to participate in formal politics and called for a political solution to the existing conundrum.

Aug 27, 2023 | democracyinafrica.org | Daniel Paget |Yvan Guichaoua |Nina Wilén |Jeffrey Haynes

The end of the 2023 Zimbabwe election campaign marks another in which partisans have traded words, day in, day out, about how many people attended their rallies. One party’s advocates would assert that their rallies were packed. It’s opponents would claim it was empty. Disputes like this play-out in campaign after campaign. But not, new research argues, only for the reasons we think. Past analyses focus on popularity.

Aug 18, 2023 | democracyinafrica.org | Jeffrey Haynes

Everyone agrees that religion has a prominent social and political role in Ghana. Constitutionally, no political parties are allowed which base themselves on religious or ethnic concerns. As the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections draw closer, increased attention is being paid to the role of religion in Ghana’s democracy. Ghana’s democracy has significant flaws.