Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state. Pro-democracy advocates have at times successfully stopped presidents from extending their mandates, but the authorita…

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Americans assume that free, fair, and credible elections are essential to democracy. Elsewhere, however, elections are rigged and serve mainly to consolidate the position of a "big man" and his cronies or to legitimate self-perpetuating elites.

Pervasive despondency about democracy in Africa urges the imperative to strengthen democratic institutions and practices.  

Numerous countries will hold elections in 2016. Here are ten to watch.