Buying democracy: He who pays the piper...

The article reports that the world where money rules the roost, funding democracy in Africa is often not only opaque and dull, but plays a huge role in the outcome of voting. It mentions that the gone are the days when in some African countries voters were offered the choice of picking a presidential or a parliamentary candidate on a ballot paper that carried just ruling-party candidates, or even worse, one candidate pitted against a symbol.