ELECTIONS
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Gambia’s historic elections: the aftermath
Gambia’s polls closed at 5pm throughout the 1,422 polling stations in 53 constituencies, within the seven administrative regions of Ghana. The elections were held amid a contentious political environment and ban on all forms of local and international communication. Polls opened early in the small West African nation with a total of over 880, 000 […]
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Ghana’s early voting and the case of missing names
Ghana’s early voting started off with great expectations under the new Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei. The commission assured the public of it’s preparedness for the special voting exercise, but in reality the voters register for the special voters was bungled. Hundreds of security officials, electoral commission staff and media personnel showed up […]
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Gambia’s opposition parties unite to unseat Yahya Jammeh
On December 1st, Gambians will decide who rules their country for the next five years. Yahya Jammeh, Gambia’s self proclaimed life president and leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party, faces stiff opposition from a coalition force of seven political parties in their most consequential elections in the past 51 years. […]
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How Mamma Kandeh’s decision could offset Gambia’s opposition’s chances against Yahya Jammeh
Mamma Kandeh, leader of Gambia’s Democratic Congress (GDC), revealed to his supporters on the stump that he would not be joining the opposition coalition due to a lack of transparency and democracy in the selection of the coalition’s presidential candidate, Adama Barrow. Gambians on the continent and the diaspora have expressed concerns about the failure […]
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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 […]
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The Union Of Comoros’s Unique Electoral System
Presidential elections held in the Union of Comoros on 21 February 2016, with a second round, which was held on 10 April 2016. The electoral system for contesting the presidency is a unique system and is rotated between the country’s three man islands; Anjouan, Grande Comore and Moheli. This electoral system was established in 2001 […]