Content: ? American Democratic Support to Ghana?s Fourth Republic: Assistance or Encumbrance / Isaac Owusu-Mensah ? Production, Economic Growth and Conflict in Risky Elections/ Kjell Hausken & Mthuli Ncube ? Free Elections and Political Instability in Lesotho / Richard F Weisfelder ? Lesotho?s February 2015 Snap Elections: A Prescription that Never Cured the Sickness / Tlohang W Letsie ? Facebook: Revolutionising Electoral Campaign in Botswana / Bontle Masilo & Batlang Seabo ? Language Policies and Voter Turnout: Evidence from South Africa / Eric S McLaughlin ? Nigeria?s Fourth Republic (1999-2015) and Electoral Outcomes: How Long can Patronage or ?Politics of the Belly? Last? / Dhikru Adewale Yagboyaju ? Nigeria 2015 Presidential Election: The Votes, the Fears and the Regime Change / Mojeed Adekunle Animashaun