Supporters of democracy have hailed the flowering of frequent elections that accompanied Africa's general shift away from dictators and one-party states since the late 1980s. But in recent years, they have started to sound the alarm about what they see as a deterioration of these gains.
What have the recent elections in Liberia, Senegal, Guinea, and Congo - along with the recent coups in Mali and Bissau - said about the region's ability to uphold and advance a positive spread of multi-party political pluralism since the end of the Cold War more than two decades ago? And what are the implications for the West? Richard will share his coverage of these issues, illustrated by photos he took at recent elections in Liberia, Bissau, and Niger.
Richard is based in Reuters' Dakar bureau where he has helped lead coverage of two dozen countries in West and Central Africa since September 2009. He previously ran Reuters' energy coverage in the Americas as a senior editor based in New York.
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