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The challenges African election bodies face go beyond ‘democratic backsliding’ – analysis

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par Sonali Campion, Doctoral Researcher in Politics, University of East Anglia

Election management bodies are essential democratic institutions. To deliver national polls effectively, they need to be properly resourced, impartial and free from government or malicious interference.

Independent election bodies established in the 1990s played an important role in the early deepening of democratic values across Africa. As most countries started expanding rights and…

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