AFS/POLS 334 - Contemporary African Politics

African Elections Project was established by Penplusbytes in 2008 with the vision of enhancing the ability of journalists, citizen journalists and the news media to provide more timely and relevant elections information and knowledge while undertaking monitoring of specific and important aspects of governance in Africa.

Pan-African, non-partisan research network conducting public attitude surveys

Project by the Fund for Peace (FFP) based on a conflict assessment framework – known as “CAST” – that was developed by FFP nearly a quarter-century ago for assessing the vulnerability of states to collapse.

Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right to vote to freedom of expression and equality before the law—can be affected by state or nonstate actors. Click on a country name below to access the full country narrative report.

The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) is a tool that measures and monitors governance performance in African countries. Explore and compare over 300 measures of data yourself using this data portal.

Comprehensive and timely source of verified election information available online. This database houses details on upcoming nationwide elections and referendums around the world. We include data on electoral systems, political parties and candidates, and key issues at stake in each election. Here you can find historical information on all national elections held since the database's creation in 1998

Scoring 180 countries around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index is the leading global indicator of public sector corruption.

List of election articles on Wikipedia by country. Useful for context, some data, and links to country election sources

A global compilation of data capturing household, business, and citizen perceptions of the quality of governance in more than 200 countries and territories.