More competitors hints at more competition among plethora of West African Presidential Candidates | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

DAKAR. At least 44 candidates are running for presidential elections in three French-speaking West African countries: Guinea, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire. The candidates include four women. Coincidentally, the polls in all three countries were scheduled for this month. Guineans will be the first to go to vote today, followed by Ivorians on October 25, the…