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Disenfranchised: The Internally Displaced Persons who will not vote in Nigeria’s upcoming elections
Audu Andrew, 45, stood under the Moringa tree arms akimbo while his little son tugged at his pants for attention. Audu’s attention rather, was on the conversations among his fellow Internally Displaced Persons (originally from Logo and Guma Local Government Areas in Benue), bothering on the upcoming 2019 elections. Audu, a private school teacher from […]
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6 riskiest states ahead of the 2019 general elections – key issues raised by the International Crisis Group
The latest report by the International Crisis Group portrays a grim prospect for the upcoming 2019 general elections in Nigeria. The ICG predicts that loss of lives as a result of electoral violence could surpass the scale of the 2015 polls which saw about 100 deaths. In 2019, with parts of the country in turmoil, violence […]
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A Benue female candidate’s story is the experience of Nigerian women seeking political office
When Elizabeth Agebese-Egwurube first decided to actively run for office in 2011, her husband’s family kicked against it. Egwurube, now 32, was unhappy about the horrid roads and non-existent water supply in Ado, her local government area in Benue State, and wanted to do something about its infrastructural regress. “In my place, there’s a belief […]
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3 Reasons Why This Controversial Kenyan Electoral Commissioner Resigned
Roselyn Akombe, an outspoken, media savvy commissioner at Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has called it quits. According to a personal statement made available to the press, the commissioner who is one out of seven electoral commissioners, ruled out IEBC’s ability to conduct a credible election on the 26th of October. The commissioner’s resignation did not surprise […]
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Peaceful and Calm But Liberia’s 2017 General Elections Is Far From Perfect
‘Peaceful and Calm’ are among the common words used to describe the October 10th general elections in Liberia which was generally considered satisfactory but there would be a lot more talking points out of Liberia’s historic elections. International electoral stakeholders and observer groups have communicated their preliminary observations with regards to the conduct of the […]
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Yoweri Museveni wins general elections amidst controversy
General elections held in Uganda on 18 January 2016 to elect the president and members of parliament. President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986 sought re-election for his fifth term extending his power into a fourth decade despite increasing opposition from Ugandan citizens clamouring for change. Kizza Besigye, who had run against Museveni in 2001, […]
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Vanuatu’s Snap Elections
52 seats were at stake in Vanuatu’s parliamentary election. In the Parliament, fifty-two members are elected in 8-single seat and 10-multi seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve a four-year term. In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. The candidates with the most […]