Posts by Asari Ndem
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Nigeria: Update On Diaspora Voting
As preparations for the 2023 general elections in Nigeria gradually kick-off, conversations surrounding diaspora voting have become popular, with 2019 presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu joining a long list of Nigerians demanding this reform. Mogahalu who contested but lost the presidential elections to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari in February 2019, made his support for diaspora voting […]
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Nigeria: Opposition Party Struggles With Zoning
The leading opposition political party in Nigeria, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has hinted at a plan to discard zoning as a criterion for picking its presidential candidate for the 2023 election cycle, causing conflict ahead of the much-anticipated polls. The party’s decision is motivated by the recommendation of a committee set up to investigate […]
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Nigeria: Young Women in Politics
Five Questions with Adebanke Ilori In Nigeria, politics and governance are inaccessible to young people, especially so to young women. However, one lady is on a mission to change that. Adebanke Ilori is a lawyer, the executive director of the Raising New Voices Initiative (a non-governmental organisation that promotes governance reform and youth representation in […]
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This app wants to revolutionise voting in America
In the run-up to America’s 2020 election, a new app is looking to “galvanise the millennial vote” by providing quick and accurate information for millennials through a mobile application called Politicking. Judging by the Democratic Party’s current swathe of hopefuls, this app could not have picked a better time in history to exist. Many voters […]
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After Netanyahu Fails to Form Government, Israel to Hold New Election
After Prime Minister Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition by the deadline, the Knesset voted Wednesday night to dissolve itself and hold an election once again, just seven weeks after the previous one. Israelis will return to the polls on September 17, two weeks before Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing on a series of corruption charges against him on October 2 […]
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Here are 5 big takeaways from the European Parliamentary elections
Between the 23rd – 26th of May, members of the European Union set out to vote for Members in the European Parliament (MEPs). The European Parliamentary elections are usually uneventful, but with Brexit looming and the rise of populist parties, this year’s election churned out more surprises than usual. Al-Jazeera explains that “the EU is […]
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Mutharika, Malawians await results after elections
On the 21st of May, Malawians headed to their various polling booths to elect a president, National Assembly members and Local Government Councillors. Polls opened at 6 am for an election which was the “first since a new law forced parties to declare large donations and banned the once-common practice by candidates of giving cash […]