There are a few recent articles relevant to semi-presidentialism, most of them are country-specific publications.

Comparative:
1.) Electoral accountability and regime types, including semi-presidentialism – Timothy Hellwig and David Samuels, in British Journal of Political Science, vol. 38, pp. 65-90, 2008.

General regional or country-specific:
1.) Three articles on presidents and presidentialism in Africa, Journal of Democracy, vol. 18, no. 2, 2008.
2.) Finland – Tapio Raunio and Matti Wiberg on the changes to the relationship between the president and parliament in West European Politics, vol. 31, no. 3, 2008.
3.) Ukraine – Geir Flikke on the post-Orange revolution constitution in Ukraine in Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 60, no. 3, 2008.

Election reports:
1.) Algeria 2007 – Louisa Dris-Ait-Hamadouchea in Mediterranean Politics, vol. 13, no. 1, 2008.
2.) Armenia 2007 – Rubén Ruiz-Rufino in Electoral Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2008.
3.) Austria 2006 – Wolfgang C. Müller in Electoral Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2008.
4.) France 2007 – Jae-Jae Spoon in Electoral Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2008.
5.) Iceland 2007 – Ólafur Thordur Hardarson, Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson in Electoral Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2008.
6.) Ireland 2007 – Séan Ó Muineacháin, Michael Gallagher in Electoral Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2008.
7.) Kazakhstan 2007 – Rico Isaacs in Electoral Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2008.
8.) Mauritania 2006 and 2007 – Ahmed Aghrout in Electoral Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2008.
9.) Senegal 2007 – Penda Mbow in Journal of Democracy, vol. 19. no. 1, 2008.
10.) Serbia 2007 – Daniel Bochsler in Electoral Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2008.
11.) Slovakia 2006 – Tim Haughton and Marek Rybar in Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, vol. 24, no. 2, 2008.
12.) Turkey 2007 – Gokhan Bacik in Electoral Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2008.
13.) Ukraine 2007 – Nathaniel Copsey in Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, vol. 24, no. 2, 2008.