ELECTIONS
Conrad Omodiagbe
Google Offers Political Organisations in the EU new protection
After years of being exclusively available to news sites, human rights sites and election monitoring sites in the United States of America, search engine giant, Google, is offering political organisations cyber-security by signing up for its anti-web flooding technology, ‘Project Shield.’ Designed and run by Jigsaw, the cyber-security division of the search engine’s parent company […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Cameroon: Opposition Leader Arrested for Protesting October Elections
Three months after the presidential elections in Cameroon, Maurice Kamto, leader and candidate of the Cameroonian Resistance Party (MRC), has been arrested by the police, for leading several protests against the results of the October polls. The results being challenged returned longtime President, Paul Biya, to power. In an event sure to affect the Central […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Ghanaian Opposition Backs Out of By-Election over Shooting
A major party in the Ghanaian political sphere, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has removed its candidate from Accra’s Ayawaso West Wuogun district by-election. This follows two shooting incidents involving their candidate and six members of the party at a polling station on Thursday. Addressing pressmen and members of the public via Joy News in the […]
Asari Ndem
Twitter suspends fake news accounts ahead of Israeli Elections
Popular social media platform, Twitter, has suspended 61 accounts peddling fake news ahead of the April 9 elections in Israel. This brings the total of related accounts suspensions to 343 since the election was announced last year. All 61 accounts involved had a total of 28,041 followers and mostly tweeted their fake news in English. […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Young South Africans Constitute Majority of Newly Registered Voters
According to a new survey taken by the South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), 81% of more than 700,000 new people added to the voter database ahead of the National and Provincial elections scheduled for later this year, are young people under the age of 30. Sy Mamabolo, the current Chief Executive Officer of the […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Namibian Opposition Demand Updated Voting Machines
The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) in Namibia has joined other opposition parties in demanding for an update to be added to their Electronic Voting Machines (EVM). This request comes ahead of the country’s general elections scheduled for November this year. Namibia made history in 2014 as the first African country to use the EVM during […]
Asari Ndem
Bangladesh Election Faces New Scrutiny
After what was billed the most competitive elections in decades, a new report prepared by Transparency International Bangladesh shows irregularities and alleged electoral malpractice in the country. On the 30th of December 2018, Bangladesh held a hotly contested election which was marred by violence in certain polling stations as millions of citizens gathered to vote […]