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In the 2016, the African continent witnessed general elections of heads of the executive branch of government in more than 15 countries. However, this electoral momentum does not reveal a real change in most of these countries. This study analyzes the electoral scenes in certain African countries to determine the future of elections and democracy and the prospects for Africa's political development. In particular, it reviews the electoral procedures in Benin, Congo Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Uganda, Gambia, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe, and discusses their reasons and post-election consequences. The results shed doubts on the future of democracy in Africa. The democracy question here concerns the procedures rather than the usual question of absent content and substance of democracy in Africa
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