Africa Politics News

Africa politics news, election by election.

Daily briefings on African elections, parties, policy and political risk, reported by the Apex Africa newsroom for campaign leadership, political organisations, journalists and researchers across all 54 African markets.

The newsroom

A running file on African politics.

115Intelligence briefings published
54African countries covered
90Briefings published this week
DailyEditorial cadence, continent-wide
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Editorial standards

How this newsroom works.

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Sourced and attributed

Every briefing traces its figures to the document, dataset or report they came from, listed on the article itself.

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Sponsorship is labelled

A briefing published on behalf of an advertiser is labelled as sponsored wherever it appears, with the advertiser named.

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Editorial is separate from advertising

Advertisers have no influence over what the newsroom reports or how it reports it. Placements sit beside the reporting, never inside it.

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Corrections and accountability

We correct errors, date our coverage and name the author. The newsroom publishes analysis, not disinformation, and does not profile individuals unlawfully.

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