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What Does It Take To Run For Office In Nigeria?
In Nigeria, the process of becoming an elected official begins withbeing a registered member of a political party approved by theIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for no lessthan 2 years. There are currently 18 of these parties, cut downfrom the over 70 political parties that contested in the 2019 polls.Beyond being a card-carrying member of […]
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Where Are The Women in Nigerian Politics?
When it concerns the representation of Nigerian women in politics, the 2015 elections took the meagre progress that the country has made, back to point zero. What do current numbers say? What is the way forward? We explore solutions in this edition of our review. Highlights of this review: Why does this matter? What do […]
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Malawi Tests Election Results System
An election governing body in Malawi has done its first test of a system that tallies election results, as a May 21 poll draws near. Testing of the Results Management System is meant to find weaknesses and glitches, as officials hope Tuesday’s exercise will help calm fears of election rigging. Officials placed staff and equipment […]
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Postmortem of Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
From pre-election violence leading to several deaths across the country; to mysterious fires gutting offices and vehicles of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); and an abrupt postponement of the presidential elections merely hours before it began, the 2019 general elections seemed to have been mired in several challenges even before Nigerians went to the […]
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Egypt Referendum on Extending Sissi’s Rule Riddled with Irregularities
As voters lined up outside the polls in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, music blared and some among the crowds danced and waved Egyptian flags. Many people held flyers with a photograph of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and a green checkmark. The message? Vote “yes.” If passed, the constitutional changes proposed in the ballot could extend the […]
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Ukraine ready to take on Russian election hackers
At the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service more than a dozen local and Western security experts watch a simulated foreign cyber attack on several big screens ahead of this month’s presidential vote. During the joint EU-Ukraine cyber security drills the Westerners pretend to be hackers attacking the country’s central election commission, while the Ukrainians […]
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These young Nigerians have their voter’s cards but will not vote
Eight million Nigerians are yet to collect their Permanent Voters Cards ahead of the February 16 elections in Nigeria, which is only about a week from now. While this has become an issue of concern and bickering between political parties and the electoral umpire, there are large pockets of Nigerians who have picked up their voters cards, […]