Wrap of African politics and elections in 2017

It certainly has been an eventful year with elections and politics across the continent.
The most recent election in Liberia has seen retired football star George Weah become that country’s 25th president.
There was the Kenyan elections that had to be re-run.
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said he would step down ahead of Angolan elections.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame seeked a third term.
Let’s not also forget about the Zimbabwe coup ousting President Robert Mugabe from 37-years in power. To unpack this for us, we are joined by Advocate Sipho Mantula Reseacher at the Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa at UNISA.

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