Since the early 90s, when democracy began spreading around the continent, electoral processes have been the most critical moments in African countries' political life. Although some African States or political parties have been able to manage these in a satisfying way, what we observe today in a number of democracies should make us more careful, and have us consider the means to develop a more democratic culture of electoral processes and political change on the continent. When we analyse these experiences of civil society implication in the electoral processes, we must come to the conclusion that civil society - even though its structures, options and ways of operation are very complex and sometimes ambiguous - should be able to participate more positively in each step of the electoral processes in Africa. This would help prevent populations from being torn apart and suffering the economic, political and human disasters, which seem to be a fatality during election periods in Africa.