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Afghans Defy Taliban, Vote in Parliamentary Elections
Afghans have voted in a long-delayed parliamentary election which has been marred by high-profile Taliban attacks and intimidation. As the country’s electoral commission prepares to release the results of the election, many are criticising the government for being too weak to conduct the exercise credibly. After a three-year delay due to several issues including widespread […]
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Cameroon Presidential Results: No Surprises Here
During a interview with the French channel, RFI, the Cameroonian Minister for Information announced that the results from the country’s October 7 presidential elections are expected to arrive today. His comments come less than 24-hours after the Constitutional Council dismissed 18 petitions brought before it by individuals and parties seeking the partial to total cancellation […]
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Belgium Elects First Black Mayor, Vincent Kompany’s Father
Belgian voters have recently elected the first black mayor in the nation’s history, a man originally from the huge swathe of central Africa that Belgium brutalised for generations. Pierre Kompany, 71, who fled the Democratic Republic of Congo as a refugee in 1975, will be sworn in before the end of the year as the […]
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Facebook enforces new method to tackle election meddling
If you want to advertise a political cause on Facebook in the UK, you have to obey new rules. The social media company will now show who buys British political ads in an effort to tackle election meddling following the fall out from America’s last election. Now, when you take out an advert, you will […]
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Mozambique Holds Local Election Ahead of 2019
Mozambique is set to hold its presidential, legislative and provincial elections on October 15, 2019. The date was unveiled amid negotiations on consolidating peace between the government and former rebels, the Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo). Renamo and the ruling political party, the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), fought a 16-year-long civil war that ended with a […]
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Speaker Advocates for West African Electoral Commission
The Ghanaian Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, is calling for the establishment of a West African Electoral Commission to oversee elections in the sub-region, supervised by the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS). According to him, if the region was able to collaborate in establishing a military force such as ECOMOG to deal […]
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Former Ivorian Footballer, Bonaventure Kalou, elected mayor in Municipal Election
Former Ivorian international footballer, Bonaventure Kalou, has been elected the Mayor of Vavoua, a city located in the central part of the country. The former Paris Saint-Germain player was elected during last Saturday’s municipal elections in the country, where he ran as an independent candidate. “I have a feeling of pride and I have an […]