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Rigged elections are widespread throughout Africa, not just in Zimbabwe.

By G. Pascal Zachary

The scene one recent Friday night in the Burma Camp military barracks here was unthinkable a year ago–before this West African country held its freest national elections since its independence in 1957. Inside the barracks, a string of senior military officers pledged their support for Ghana’s year-old civilian government—and vowed not to assist in any attempt to overthrow the government’s popular… return to article

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