Nairobi, May 18 -- At the start of 2024, elections were scheduled to take place in at least 64 countries globally by December, the most ever in history in a year.

Of these, 19 were planned in Africa, but the Motherland can be politically fickle. The election that was scheduled to be held by the ruling military junta in Mali in February was again casually postponed.

In Burkina Faso, the boys in uniform have said the election slated for July to return the country to democratic rule is "not a priority," so that is that.

In South Sudan, conflicting information suggested the election had been postponed for the nth time to December. President Salva Kiir, who an Africa Centre article described as a man who "has made a political career of post...