{"id":12646,"date":"2018-01-22T14:11:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T14:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=12646"},"modified":"2019-01-07T10:24:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T10:24:48","slug":"2018-elections-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/2018-elections-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"2018: Elections in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12647 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2018-elections-in-africa-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2018-elections-in-africa-banner.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2018-elections-in-africa-banner-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2018-elections-in-africa-banner-768x208.jpg 768w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2018-elections-in-africa-banner-1024x277.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"message-box-wrapper not ugly\">\n<div class=\"message-box-title\">2018 AFRICAN ELECTIONS RESOURCE<\/div>\n<div class=\"message-box-content\">\n<div class=\"shortcode-list \"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#map-identifier\">Election map<\/a> &#8211; click on highlighted countries on the map for pop-up fact boxes and links to recommended reading<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#briefings-identifier\">Expert briefings<\/a> &#8211;&nbsp;read insightful background and analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Use the resources below to explore analysis on upcoming votes&nbsp;and review the&nbsp;outcomes of concluded elections&nbsp;across the continent. We are&nbsp;updating this page on a rolling basis.<br \/>\n<a id=\"map-identifier\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Election map<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on the countries highlighted on the map to browse resources assembled by ARI.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/fusiontables\/embedviz?q=select+col7+from+ 1dzed-sQaltD3xMWztcXUmr53rvQIYQMruBqvUCAu&amp;viz=MAP&amp;h=false&amp;lat=9.732125680991016&amp;lng=20.679385429687507&amp;t=1&amp;z=4&amp;l=col7&amp;y=2&amp;tmplt=2&amp;hml=KML\" width=\"850\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grey-e1452688627172.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grey.png\" alt=\"grey\" width=\"14\" height=\"19\"><\/a>&nbsp; 2016 elections &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/light-red-e1452688829190.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/light-red.png\" alt=\"light red\" width=\"14\" height=\"19\"><\/a>&nbsp;2017 elections&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ff0000-e1452688785544.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ff0000.png\" alt=\"ff0000\" width=\"14\" height=\"19\"><\/a>&nbsp;2018 elections<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a id=\"briefings-identifier\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Expert <\/strong><strong>briefings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cameroon &#8211; COMING SOON<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/democratic-republic-congo-drc-expert-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a> by Kris Berwouts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/madagascar-expert-briefing\/\">Madagascar<\/a>&nbsp;by Richard R Marcus and Adrien M Ratsimbaharison<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/mali-expert-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mali<\/a> by Kamissa Camara<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/sierra-leone-expert-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sierra Leone<\/a> by&nbsp;Jamie Hitchen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/zimbabwe-expert-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zimbabwe<\/a> by Nick Branson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 5 sub-Saharan African nations are due to hold presidential or general elections in 2018. 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