A report titled "Africa's 2024 Election Year, Trends and Stories from the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG)" prepared by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has noted that participatory and democratic measures have fallen in the majority of election countries in Africa between 2014 and 2023.
Over the past decade, across the 17 African countries with "scheduled elections", the 2024 IIAG showed concerning deteriorations in critical participatory and democratic measures. "Although security and rule of law have shown considerable decline, participation, rights and inclusion are also crucial in driving the continental stagnation in overall governance," the report said.
It further stated that the world had seen a multitude of countries carry out elections in the past twelve months.
The report indicated that from the United States to India to South Africa, hundreds of millions of citizens cast their votes and headed to the ballot boxes, within vastly different political contexts.