Africa: 2004, the Year of Elections; This Year Promises to Be an Eventful One as a Record 13 African Countries Hold General or Presidential Elections

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Leading the list is South Africa whose parliamentary election is expected in August. After 10 years of majority rule, the country still faces the challenge of transferring economic power from the white minority to the black majority. The dominance of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in the past two elections is now being criticised as a deficiency in the country's democracy.

The other giant in this election galore is Ghana where President John Agyekum Kufuor is expected to win another term in the December 2004 presidential and parliamentary elections. Though not yet out of the woods, the economy has been stabilised and Kufuor's government is reaping the benefits. …