Elections
- Burkina Faso: Incumbent President Blaise Compaoré is re-elected in the 2005 Presidential Elections on 13 November.
- Burundi: In the Communal, National Assembly and Senate Elections of 2005 held on 3 June, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (NCDD-FDD) dominated the communal councilors, National Assembly and Senate.
- Djibouti: Incumbent President Ismail Omar Guelleh won the Presidential Elections on 8 April unopposed. The opposition headed a massive boycott of the elections, alleging that they were undemocratic and rigged.
- Ethiopia: In the General Elections held on 15 May, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) won a majority of 327 out of the 547 total seats in the House of People's Representatives. The opposition claimed that the elections were fraudulent and unfair, sparking a wave of demonstrations in Addis Ababa, which were only stopped with the arrival of the police and military.
- Gabon: Africa's longest-serving ruler, incumbent President Omar Bongo Ondimba garners 79.18% of the vote in the 2005 Presidential Elections on 27 November, winning another 7-year term.
- Guinea:
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