Leon Poshai

May 27, 2024 | democracyinafrica.org | Nic Cheeseman |Jan Pospisil |Leon Poshai |Sebastian van Baalen

Watch the brilliant recent webinar on the upcoming Ghanaian elections, which looks at the main issues and concerns people have about the polls – and the likely outcomes. Check out the discussion here, and see below for more details on the fantastic line up of speakers. One of the final polls in the Year of Elections – during which more than 2 billion people will participate in elections in over 50 countries worldwide – will take place in Ghana.

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.

Jul 3, 2023 | democracyinafrica.org | Leon Poshai

In the Extraordinary Zimbabwean Government Gazette of 30 June 2023, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) published the final list of successful presidential and National Assembly contestants for the 2023 harmonised elections – 10 days after the nominations court had sat to register candidates seconded by different political parties.