{"id":6751,"date":"2026-02-01T11:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=6751"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:56:47","slug":"africas-key-elections-to-watch-in-2026-whats-at-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/02\/01\/africas-key-elections-to-watch-in-2026-whats-at-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa&#8217;s key elections to watch in 2026: What&#8217;s at stake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2026, Africa faces a high-stakes electoral calendar with key votes in countries like Ethiopia, South Africa, and Uganda that will test the continent&#8217;s democratic resilience. While some nations see aging leaders like Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend decades-long rules, others face internal party shifts, such as the potential transition within South Africa\u2019s ANC as Cyril Ramaphosa nears the end of his term. Meanwhile, Ethiopia&#8217;s delayed elections remain a significant concern due to ongoing regional conflicts.  Across the continent, these votes are seen as a barometer for whether democratic processes can prevail over rising authoritarianism and economic discontent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> January 19, 2026. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/africa-2026-elections-guide-ethiopia-south-africa-ramaphosa-uganda-zambia\/a-75558971\">dw.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, Africa faces a high-stakes electoral calendar with key votes in countries like Ethiopia, South Africa, and Uganda that will test the continent&#8217;s democratic resilience. While some nations see aging leaders like Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend decades-long rules, others face internal party shifts, such as the potential transition within South Africa\u2019s ANC as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":6752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eroding-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6751"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6760,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6751\/revisions\/6760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}