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17-18 February – Leaders at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa will choose between Kenya’s Raila Odinga, Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and Madagascar’s Richard Randriamandrato to elect the AU Commission Chair.
29 May – Eight candidates are running to replace Akinwumi Adesina as President of the African Development Bank. They include Abbas Mahamat Tolli (Chad), Amadou Hott (Senegal), Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala (South Africa), and Samuel Munzele Maimbo (Zambia).
16 September – Malawi: Lazarus Chakwera faces Peter Mutharika and Joyce Banda in the presidential election.
October – Cameroon: President Paul Biya wants to stand for an eighth term. Côte d’Ivoire: President Alassane Ouattara may stand for a fourth term, facing Tidjane Thiam, the leader of the PDCI. Tanzania: President Samia Suluhu Hassan is the frontrunner to be elected for a first full term in an election that will be tightly controlled by the CCM-dominated state apparatus. Tundu Lissu is likely to be the candidate of the main opposition Chadema.
22-23 November – South Africa will host the first G20 summit to be held on the African continent. Preliminary meetings of finance ministers start in February.
General elections in Gabon, Seychelles and Central African Republic are due to be held in August, September and December respectively.