"Klingon Election"

BBC's Andrew Harding draws inspiration from the film Star Trek to describe a political phenomenon that seems to be gaining ground in some African countries. This is the phenomenon where incumbents reject election results that do not pronounce them victor and orchestrate a situation of power sharing in which they still retain power. It happened in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and now Ivory Coast. Harding does not find the phrase to be very compelling but I believe it should stick - just like those politicians who do not want to go even after they have been booted out of office in an election. They are Klingons.