All posts by "Dana Chocron"

Dana Chocron is journalist specialized in Latin American social questions and in the Middle East.

Once again the African continent experiences a major regional tension as a result of colonialist moves and decisions made throughout the last few centuries. The geo-political game played between all ...

More than two months after general elections, the Spanish parliament will begin what will likely be the first of several attempts to form a government March 2. No party has ...

The New Year fireworks in Argentina have marked not only the end of the calendar year 2015, but definitely also the end of the long standing left government in the ...

July 21st Burundi General elections In this elections, the Burundi government held a surprise to all. Burundi’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza, was sworn in for a third term six days ahead of ...

October 11th Guinea Presidential elections Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has won re-election and will serve a second five-year term, gaining nearly 58 percent of the vote, compared to opposition leader Cellou ...

May 24th Ethiopia General elections Although it is formally described as a multi-party system, the crushing victory of the Ethiopian dominant party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has put ...

April 15th Togo Presidential elections More than 2 million Togolese participated in the April 25 presidential election that secured incumbent President Faure Gnassingbé’s third term in office. Faure has won with ...

 April 13th Sudan General elections  Sudan’s presidential and parliamentary elections were Sudan’s first elections since the secession of South Sudan in 2011. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the country’s longtime leader, was ...

 March 28th Nigeria Presidential elections  Nigeria itself represented one of the most crucial electoral processes within the entire continent. With a population of more than 177 million evenly divided between Muslims ...

Introduction – African Elections Each and every country in Africa has got a completely different and unique political life and record. Each time an African country experiences an elections period, ...