Across the continent, the election and the post-poll power struggle pitting two opposition leaders against each otherhas been closely watched as almost everywhere else on the continent politics has reached a turning point. This year there will be more than 20 elections in Africa – from Algeria on the Mediterranean to the economic powerhouse of Nigeria in the west and in South Africa, on the continent’s southern tip. Younger voters are demanding change from an ageing generation of leaders, who are now seen as repressive, not liberating. Photograph: Rogan Ward/ReutersMany African leaders also face difficult elections. In South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the manifesto of the African National Congress (ANC)on Saturday.

Source: The Guardian January 13, 2019 07:52 UTC