Botswana President Duma Boko during his inauguration at the National Stadium in Gaborone on November 8, 2024. But the curse of disputed polls, post elections protests and violence, however, still hangs over the continent’s electoral systems and democracy. The question is whether the country will get a new president from 10 other political parties that are also fielding candidates. Because pro-democracy activists from the west are no-longer pushing African countries to have people they support in power, the electoral process is now locally driven. “In Africa, incumbents don’t lose elections that easily,” said Anangwe as he paraphrased Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, who said: “How can you lose an election that you are managing, planning and financing?”

Source: Standard Digital November 18, 2024 02:01 UTC